• Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (left), accompanied by NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, talks about the Takata air bag inflator recall Tuesday at the Transportation Department in Washington. Air bag maker Takata Corp. has agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defective, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks that have been recalled in the U.S. so far. | AP
    Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx (left), accompanied by NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind, talks about the Takata air bag inflator recall Tuesday at the Transportation Department in Washington. Air bag maker Takata Corp. has agreed to declare 33.8 million of its inflator mechanisms defective, effectively doubling the number of cars and trucks that have been recalled in the U.S. so far. | AP

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NEW YORK – U.S. regulators announced Tuesday that embattled auto parts supplier Takata Corp. has acknowledged defective air bags in 33.8 million vehicles in what an official described as “the most complex” recall in the country’s history.

The course of events hit Takata shares hard during trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, driving them down 10.21 percent to ¥1,353.

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