When the world gets closer.

We help you see farther.

Sign up to our expressly international daily newsletter.

Already a subscriber? Log in .

You've reached your limit of one free article.

Get unlimited access to Worldcrunch

You can cancel anytime .

SUBSCRIBERS BENEFITS

Exclusive International news coverage

Ad-free experience NEW

Weekly digital Magazine NEW

9 daily & weekly Newsletters

Access to Worldcrunch archives

Free trial

30-days free access, then $2.90
per month.

Annual Access BEST VALUE

$19.90 per year, save $14.90 compared to monthly billing.save $14.90.

Subscribe to Worldcrunch
Japan

Millions Of Japanese Cars Recalled Over Airbag Faults

BLOOMBERG, AP

Worldcrunch

TOKYO - The global auto industry faces another major recall crisis after defective airbags have forced Japanese carmakers Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan Motor to call back more than 3 million vehicles.

A spokesman for Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp revealed the airbag malfunction on Thursday, blaming it on "human errors." The statement caused the company stocks to plummet 15%, Bloomberg reports.

The defect – plastic shards propelled as the airbag pops out -- was first pointed out by Toyota after five series of tests in the U.S. and Japan.

No injuries have been reported related to the problem.


[rebelmouse-image 27086626 alt=""Toyota" original_size="500x334" expand=1]

Toyota airbag Photo: Kojach

Toyota is the company taking the biggest hit, recalling 1.7 million cars around the world, with 1.1 million Honda vehicles, 480,000 for Nissan and 45,000 for Mazda, stated AP.

The recall is another blow to Toyota, which already suffered massive recalls back in 2009 and 2010 due to other faulty car parts.

Here is a list of the models – assembled between 2000 and 2004 - affected:

Toyota: Vorolla, Tundra, Lexus SC.

Honda: Civic, CR-V, Odyssey.

Nissan: Cube, X-Trail, Maxima, Teana.

Mazda: RX-8, Mazda 6.

You've reached your limit of free articles.

To read the full story, start your free trial today.

Get unlimited access. Cancel anytime.

Exclusive coverage from the world's top sources, in English for the first time.

Insights from the widest range of perspectives, languages and countries.

FOCUS: Russia-Ukraine War

Piercing The "Surovikin Line" — Inside The Biggest Win Of Ukraine's Counteroffensive

The area around Robotyne, in southeastern Ukraine, has been the centre of a fierce two-month battle. Ukrainian publication Livy Bereg breaks down how Ukrainian forces were able to exploit gaps in Russian defenses and push the counteroffensive forward.

photo of two soldiers advancing at daybreak

A new dawn across the front line?

Kyrylo Danylchenko

ROBOTYNE — Since the fall of 2022, Russian forces have been building a series of formidable defensive lines in Ukrainian territory, from Vasylivka in the Zaporizhzhia region to the front in Vremivka in the Donetsk region.

These defenses combined high-density minefields, redoubts (fortified structures like wooden bunkers, concrete fortifications and buried granite blocks), as well as anti-tank ditches and pillboxes. Such an extensive and intricate defensive network had not been seen in Europe since World War II.

Keep reading...Show less

The latest