Takata is at the centre of the recalls of vehicles equipped with air bag inflators that can explode with too much force and spray metal fragments inside vehicles. Regulators have linked eight deaths to the component.

(Reporting by Minami Funakoshi; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

By Minami Funakoshi

Stocks treated in this article : DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD., Takata Corporation