Honda Motor Co. said on Monday it was not considering fresh lending to Takata Corp, the auto parts supplier at the center of a global recall over faulty airbag inflators, either on its own or as part of a group of Japanese automakers.

"We are not considering joint lending (to Takata)," a Honda spokesman said, following a report by Japan's Sankei newspaper that automakers were discussing fresh financial support for the supplier.

Takata in November was fined $70 million by regulators in the United States, where the majority of deaths and recalls involving the inflators occurred, and where the manufacturer faces class action lawsuits related to the issue.