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AIR BAGS

BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2015
Takata air bag defects prompt expanded Nissan recall in U.S.
Nissan Motor Co. is expanding a recall of the 2006 Sentra compact car by 45,000 units mainly in the Southern United States because of a defective air bag manufactured by the embattled Takata Corp., the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 14, 2015
Honda admits Takata air bag fault in Florida injury
Honda Motor Co. on Monday said that a faulty air bag made by Takata Corp. ruptured in the crash of a Honda Civic in March in Florida, injuring the driver.
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2015
U.S. probes reports on Nissan air bag recall failure
U.S. regulators are looking into whether a recall last year by Nissan Motor Co., the nation's second-largest automaker, failed to fix a flaw in the air bag control systems on almost 1 million vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2015
Honda launches ad campaign to urge 'immediate' Takata air bag repairs
Honda Motor Co. announced Thursday it will launch a "multi-million dollar" advertising campaign in the United States on Monday to beef up efforts to replace the defective air bags made by embattled Japanese parts supplier Takata Corp. in the massive number of recalled cars not yet fixed.
BUSINESS
Mar 13, 2015
U.S. senators push Takata further for documents on faulty air bags
Two U.S. senators on the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation sent a letter Thursday to the CEO of embattled Japanese parts supplier Takata Corp. demanding documents linked to its faulty air bags that they had requested by mid-December.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Mar 9, 2015
Takata's air bag response puts firm in NHTSA's cross hairs
With no breakthrough in sight regarding Takata Corp.'s faulty air bags and its handling of extensive recalls, U.S. transportation authorities are ratcheting up pressure on the embattled Japanese auto-parts supplier.
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2015
Automakers select aerospace company for Takata air bag probe
A group of 10 automakers affected by faulty air bags made by embattled Japanese parts supplier Takata Corp. said Thursday it has selected the aerospace company Orbital ATK Inc. to lead an independent investigation into the defect.
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2015
Takata to save faulty air bag inflators for litigation, U.S. probe
A U.S. safety regulator on Wednesday ordered Takata Corp. to preserve all air bag inflators removed through a recall process as evidence for a federal investigation and private litigation cases.
BUSINESS
Jan 24, 2015
Honda to use air bags from Takata competitor in new Accord
Honda Motor Co. has chosen a competitor of embattled Takata Corp. to supply air bags for the next North American version of its Accord sedan, the automaker's best-selling vehicle, two people with knowledge of the decision said.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
Legislation eyed to enable probe of auto parts makers
The government is eyeing a law revision giving the transport ministry powerful authority over auto parts makers in the wake of the issue of defective air bags made by Japanese supplier Takata Corp., sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2015
Honda to pay $70 million to U.S. for failure to report deaths, injuries
Honda Motor agrees to pay $70 million in penalties to the U.S. government for failing to report hundreds of injuries, deaths and other consumer claims involving its cars.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2014
Honda delays Legend sedan to guard against another quality lapse
Honda Motor Co., the automaker struggling with mounting recalls, said it's further delaying the start of sales for the redesigned Legend sedan to conduct additional checks on its radar safety system and hybrid powertrain.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2014
How exploding air bags infected U.S. roads
The global auto industry had plenty to worry about in 2014 as it navigated shifting technological and economic tides, the usual brutal forces of competition and consolidation, and a host of other threats: volatile fuel prices, the technological arms race toward battery- and hydrogen-electric vehicles, maturing developed markets, the rise of mobility-sharing apps such as Uber and the specter of self-driving cars. But an even greater horror stalked the auto industry this year, leaving a trail of dead customers, baffled executives and livid regulators: Takata's exploding air bags.
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2014
Honda starts investigative recall in Okinawa over Takata air bags
Honda Motor Co. has begun an investigative recall in Okinawa over air bags made by Takata Corp., the first such move in Japan, a company official said Monday.
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2014
Takata issues apology ad in U.S., Germany but not in Japan
Takata Corp. issued an apology advertisement in U.S. and German newspapers on Thursday, as the Japanese auto parts supplier has been embattled due to global recalls over its potentially defective air bags.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2014
Honda, Nissan widen air bag recalls in Japan after junkyard rupture
Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Thursday followed Toyota Motor Corp. and widened air bag recalls in Japan after one of the devices made by Takata Corp. ruptured in a junked car.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2014
Takata patent history shows decades spent seeking safer air bags
Air bag patents show researchers probed ways to make the devices more durable and the explosive propellant inside them more stable for decades before the Takata Corp. products designed to save lives started killing people.
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2014
Honda air bag recall goes global; 19 million cars now involved
Honda Motor Co. says it will expand its recall to replace potentially lethal Takata Corp. air bag inflators, taking the total number of vehicles affected to more than 19 million.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2014
Toyota says automakers agree to hire outside air bag tester
Toyota Motor Corp., which is among several automakers recalling vehicles with faulty air bags made by Takata Corp., said other carmakers are embracing its call for an independent evaluation of inflators in the safety systems.
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2014
Takata air bag recall could affect over 3 million cars in Japan, ministry says
The transport ministry expressed fears Thursday that recalls related to potentially defective air bags produced by Tokyo-based auto parts supplier Takata Corp. could affect more than 3 million cars in the country.
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People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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