Chinese state media takes aim at Japanese firm KDDI over Mongolia wildfire

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Chinese state media has urged Japanese telecoms company KDDI to apologize over a wildfire in Mongolia linked to activities involving its majority-owned subsidiary MobiCom. The fire, which began on October 8, burned about 80 percent of a nature reserve near the Mongolia-China border amid rising Beijing-Tokyo tensions.

Chinese state media has called for a Japanese telecoms firm to apologise to China over a huge wildfire in neighbouring Mongolia, as diplomatic tensions run high between Beijing and Tokyo. The grassland fire broke out on October 8 and burned about 80 per cent of a nature reserve on the Mongolia-China border. According to Japanese media reports, the company, KDDI, has acknowledged that the fire was linked to activities involving its majority-owned subsidiary MobiCom – the largest mobile network...