More Takata air bag recalls

TOKYO: Three Japanese automakers will recall more than half a million cars globally to replace air bag inflators made by Takata Corp, bringing the total tally of Takata-related recalls across all brands to around 20 million since 2008.

The recalls announced yesterday by Honda Motor, Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors correspond with a similar, precautionary recall by Toyota Motor last week after a recent “unusual deployment” of a passenger-side air bag at a scrap yard in Japan.