答:这个问题应从两个方面解答。首先,电话是由美国的贝尔于1876年3月10日正式试验成功的。第二年,即1877年(明治100年)即被日本引进。这一年首先是在东京至横滨之间通话成功,继而在明治政府内的宫内省与工部省之间设线通话。此后,电话作为一种公共通讯事业,在明治政府的支持下得到了 A: This question should be answered from two aspects. First of all, the telephone was successfully tested by Bell of the United States on March 10, 1876. The second year, 1877 (Meiji 100) was introduced by Japan. This year, the first successful call was between Tokyo and Yokohama, followed by a phone conversation between the Miya-no-Mori and the prefectures and provinces in the Meiji government. Since then, the phone has been supported as a public communications business by the Meiji government