Honda Motor Co said a driver in Malaysia died in July after being hit by shrapnel from an air bag supplied by Takata Corp - the fifth such fatality and the first outside the United States.
The Japanese car maker also widened its recall for the defective air bags by another 170,000 vehicles globally.
It has recalled nearly 10 million vehicles fitted with potentially defective Takata air bag inflators since 2008, including US region-specific recalls.
Before today’s disclosure, Takata air bags had been linked to four deaths in Honda vehicles in the United States.
All the victims were hit by shrapnel ejected by the air bag.
Defective Takata air bags are the target of a US safety investigation over the risk they could explode with dangerous force in an accident and shoot metal shards into the vehicle.
More than 17 million vehicles made by nearly a dozen different car makers have been recalled globally for flawed Takata airbags since 2008.
In the Malaysia accident on 27 July, involving a 2003 Honda City model, the air bag inflator ruptured and sent shrapnel into the vehicle, some of which struck the female driver, Honda said.
Honda learned of the incident on 27 August and notified Japan's transport ministry on 10 September.
Honda said the Takata air bag inflator that failed in the Malaysia accident had likely been exposed to excessive moisture at the supplier's now-closed plant in La Grange, Georgia.
The expanded recall covers all Honda cars equipped with airbag inflators of the same specification made between November 2001 and November 2003 on the problematic section of a line at that plant, Honda said.
A Takata spokeswoman declined to say whether other carmakers could be affected by the same problem, while Japan's transport ministry said it was looking into that.
Honda said it was recalling five models as part of a widening campaign, including the Fit and Civic.
