Takata

Troubled Japanese car parts maker Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan. It faces lawsuits and tens of billions of dollars in costs over an airbag defect linked to at least 17 deaths globally.

Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp expressed condolences on June 27 to victims of its faulty air bags linked to at least 16 deaths and 180 injuries around the world, but stopped short of offering a full apology. 

Japan's crisis-hit car parts maker Takata filed for bankruptcy protection on June 26 and said its chief executive would quit after a deadly airbag crisis that triggered the auto industry's biggest ever safety recall.

Japanese automaker Honda on June 22 confirmed a new death linked to an exploding air bag crisis, bringing the global total to eight fatalities -- that has sparked the recall of millions of vehicles.

The company said a woman in Los Angeles died in September last year after the faulty inflator in a 2001 Honda Civic ruptured, firing metal shrapnel at her.