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AIR BAG INFLATORS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2018
U.S. senators to press carmakers and regulators on Takata air bag recall as 30 million vehicles yet to be repaired
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 16, 2017
End of the road for Takata? Air bag maker may file for bankruptcy next week
Beleaguered air bag maker Takata, buried under liability claims linked to its defective inflators, is about to file for bankruptcy, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 15, 2017
Takata, Nissan officials face prosecution over Shizuoka air bag accident
Safety officials at Takata Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. will be referred to prosecutors on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in injury after a recalled air bag inflator in a Nissan vehicle ruptured in a collision in 2015, an investigative source said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 22, 2016
Takata may tap Japanese automakers for support amid massive, costly air bag recalls
Auto parts supplier Takata Corp. will consider seeking support from Japanese automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. to brace for the massive costs of global recalls and compensation over its potentially faulty air bag inflators, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2015
Ford joins Japanese carmakers in ditching dodgy Takata air bag inflators
Ford Motor Co. is no longer using the air bag inflators from embattled Japanese parts supplier Takata Corp. that utilize a potentially unstable chemical U.S. safety regulators have linked to a defect, a representative confirmed Monday.
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Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
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LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
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