For Apple iPhone, Japan Could Be the Next Big Test

Apple Inc. may be close to the most important test yet of its iPhone's global appeal.Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs recently met with officials from Japan's dominant mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., including NTT's president, Masao Nakamura, to discuss a deal to offer the iPhone in the country, say people familiar with the situation. These people say Apple has also been talking to Japan's No.