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A Japanese transport ministry official told AFP: "Four carmakers submitted reports to us, saying they would recall 731,000 cars at home due to airbag problems. If exports are included.
"The number of cars with the same problems will reach a combined 2.92 million."
The four makes are Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda, the official said.
A Toyota spokesman said his company alone was recalling a total of 1.73 million vehicles, manufactured between November 2000 and March 2004 in Japan or abroad, due to a defect in passenger-side airbags.
A Toyota UK spokesman told Sky News the recall would affect some 76,000 cars in the UK.
He said five problems had been recorded worldwide - none in the UK - and no accidents or injuries had occurred.
Honda is recalling 1.135 million vehicles.
"This is a global recall that affects all regions where we do our business," a spokeswoman for Honda said.
The claimant, a 16-year-old girl, received a lump sum of £3,371,220 together with annual payments of £204,000 until she was 19 years old and £270,000 per annum thereafter for the remainder of her life after her delayed delivery at birth led to her suffering from four limb spastic cerebral palsy. She had profound cognitive impairment and some visual impairment. She was wheelchair dependant, had epilepsy and was totally dependent on others for all her care needs.
Out of Court Settlement 4/9/2012
Making London a desirable place for litigation is not in itself an unworthy aim, especially in austere times
Last month, the Queen opened a handsome court complex on Fetter Lane in London. The Rolls Building houses a number of pre-existing courts dealing with chancery and construction cases and the like, making it, the Ministry of Justice says, "the largest specialist centre for the resolution of financial, business and property litigation anywhere in the world". Russian oligarchs Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich are embroiled in a £5bn case there. If, as the MoJ hopes, other wealthy parties decide to thrash out their differences under English law, lawyers and the court should reap rich rewards.
Making London a desirable place for litigation is not in itself an unworthy aim, especially in austere times. But those seeking to resolve disputes of lesser moment – recovering unpaid wages, or persuading a landlord to fix a leaky roof – are about to find the process more costly, too. The justice minister wants to increase combined issue and hearing fees to between £400 and £1,500, regardless of the complainant's means. He intends to withdraw legal aid for a swath of civil cases, including alleged cases of clinical negligence involving children, a cut that even Lord Tebbit finds problematic. Magistrates courts are being merged, increasing the cost of getting to court (and magistrates' travel expenses). On top of this, the Ministry of Justice published a study last month recommending that Freedom of Information requests should attract a fee: a small blow to the principle of openness.
"I'm so glad that I instructed Chris. He argued my claim in a way that really understood my disability. I've never seen somebody on the other side of a legal case unable to answer questions. I think this was because of the way Chris fired it at them! Thank you for all your hard work Chris". Mr C W-T Topsham
When Izabelle Easen's heart stopped beating at her home in Thorne, near Doncaster, during an asthma attack in April 2008, her mother began resuscitation with help from a 999 operator.
Izabelle was declared dead at the scene by paramedic James McKenna, but her family was not told he should have given her continuous resuscitation which might have saved her.
Sky News contacted Izabelle's family after investigating anonymous transcripts of Heath Professions Council (HPC) misconduct hearings released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Izabelle's mother, Lorna Easen, 29, learned about the secrecy a week before what would have been her daughter's eleventh birthday.
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