Toyota: hybrids recalled in Japan over brakes
TOKYO (AFP) - Toyota announced Tuesday a recall of its popular Prius and two other hybrid models in Japan to fix faulty brakes, plunging the auto giant deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States piled up.
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