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(Bloomberg) — Honda Motor Co. called back 4.5 million vehicles globally in connection with Takata Corp. air bags, expanding the industry’s largest recall ever, amid a mounting toll of injuries or deaths related to the safety devices.

About 36 percent of the total, or 1.63 million, involve vehicles in Japan such as the Fit small car and the CR-V crossover, Teruhiko Tatebe, a Honda spokesman, said by phone Thursday. The automaker is still compiling details on models affected in other markets, he said.


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