苹果总是与日本政府磨擦不断，最近又在当地惹上了新麻烦，但这次不是关于iPod，而是关于iPhone手机内容审查问题。

据游戏邦了解，日本内务和通信部（The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications）日前批评了苹果日本公司及其当地指定内容供应商SoftBank Mobile公司，反对这两者没有审核手机内容就直接供应给日本未成年人。

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该部门同时还勒令这两家公司尽快采取行动，在iPhone中预装符合日本政策的手机应用软件。据游戏邦所知，日本是世界上对未成年人移动互联网的使用监控最为严格的国家之一，所有面向未成年人用户的手机（包括智能手机），都必须事先过滤相关手机内容才能进入商店销售。

不过针对这桩iPhone事件，SoftBank Mobile的一个发言人只能表示无奈，认为这种操作根本就不现实，因为如果真这么做的话，用户就得在下载iPhone应用时，向商店提供信用卡帐号等个人信息，这就可能涉及到个人信息安全的问题。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Japanese Government Wants Apple To Add Content Filter To The iPhone

Apple has a history of trouble with the government in Japan, and over the the last days, more bad news reached the company (which is highly successful in Japan). This time it’s not about iPods causing fire but about the iPhone. The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications criticized Apple Japan and its exclusive provider in the country, SoftBank Mobile, for offering insufficient content control for minors.

According to reports in various Japanese media, the ministry will ask both companies to pre-install Japan-specific content control software on the iPhone as soon as possible. The background is that in this country, stores are obliged to install filtering software before selling cell phones (including smartphones) to minors.

In a first reaction, a speaker for SoftBank Mobile said that in the case of the iPhone, the process would be impractical as stores would require subscribers to provide personal information, including credit card numbers, before downloading censorware on the customer’s iPhone.

Japan is known to have one of the strictest legal frameworks for mobile internet usage by minors in the world.（source:mobilecrunch）