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Outages disrupt services at Japan’s No. 2 telecoms carrier

KDDI Corp. President Makoto Takahashi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Sunday, July 3, 2022. Many users of Japan’s No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. were still having trouble making calls Monday after a massive outage throughout the weekend that affected nearly 40 million people, disrupting deliveries, weather reports and other services across the country. (Kyodo News via AP) A person walks past a notice for customers posted on the entrance of an "au" mobile brand operator shop, of KDDI Corp., Monday, July 4, 2022, in Tokyo. Many users of Japan’s No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. were still having trouble making calls Monday after a massive outage throughout the weekend that affected nearly 40 million people, disrupting deliveries, weather reports and other services across the country. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) A person walks past an "au" mobile brand operator shop, of KDDI Corp., Monday, July 4, 2022, in Tokyo. Many users of Japan's No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. were still having trouble making calls Monday after a massive outage throughout the weekend that affected nearly 40 million people, disrupting deliveries, weather reports and other services across the country. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) KDDI Corp. President Makoto Takahashi, right, bows at the end of a press conference in Tokyo Sunday, July 3, 2022. A weekend outage at Japan's No. 2 mobile carrier KDDI Corp. was still preventing many of its customers from making calls Monday. The massive outage that began early Saturday affected nearly 40 million people and the delivery of weather reports and other services across the country. (Kyodo News via AP)