Tokyo / AFP Nissan said it will recall more than 3.8 million vehicles, mostly in North America, because the passenger-side airbag may not deploy in a crash due to a defect in the seat sensor. The Japanese automaker said the global recall would cover 2013-2017 including some Nissan Altima, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, Pathfinder, Sentra and Rogue models. “This recall ...

  Tokyo / Bloomberg Japan’s Sharp Corp. will post a net income loss of 250 billion yen ($2.3 billion) for the year through March, according to the Mainichi newspaper. The company had previously said it expects a loss of 170 billion yen on an operating level. Sluggish sales at the firm’s display and solar battery units were given as reasons ...

  Phnom Penh / AFP Cambodia’s prime minister has ordered a million hectares of forest be included in protected zones as the country faces one of the world’s fastest deforestation rates. The move, which covers five new areas of forest, will bump Cambodia’s conservation zones up by a fifth, bringing more than a quarter of the country’s land under protection. ...