Japanese- At least eight deaths - all in Honda cars - have been linked to the
airbag inflator, which can deploy with too much force spraying metal
shrapnel.
Globally, tens of millions of cars with Takata airbags have been recalled since 2008, most of them in the US.
Other brands that have issued recalls include Nissan, General Motors and BMW.
But
Honda, the number three carmaker in Japan, has been hardest hit with
24.5 million cars recalled - more than half of the global total.
A
Honda spokesman in Tokyo told AFP news agency on Thursday that the
carmaker had found some airbag inflators had "uneven gas density, which
we worry could do some harm".
"It is a preventive measure and unlike other normal recalls we are not waiting for the full results of the research," he said.
Honda
is recalling about 1.63 million cars in Japan alone. The carmaker told
the Reuters news agency that North America was not included in the
latest recall.
