Motoring: Japanese car makers still use asbestos

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, has reported that all major Japanese automakers except Honda Motor Co. used components containing asbestos to build 1.64 million cars, trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles between 1996 and last month.

However, the association advises that there is no risk of asbestos entering the air and harming anyone, because the asbestos was kneaded into resin or sealed for use in gaskets, packing and resin materials in the vehicles, including buses, fire engines and tractors.