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“Honda on Thursday said it is expanding air-bag recalls to include certain vehicles made between 2007 and 2011 due to a potential problem in a type of driver’s-side air-bag inflater”, The Wall Street Journal said.

The recalled cars include 1.63 million vehicles in Japan. The automaker had already recalled about 20 million vehicles to replace Takata air bags that can rupture during deployment and spray metal and plastic at passengers.

“We’re delighted that the European Civic Type R will be sold to customers in Honda’s home country of Japan”, said Honda Motor Europe Senior Vice President, Philip Ross. The company’s recalls linked to Takata have ballooned by 20 million globally.