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CARLOS GHOSN

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn at an event in Beirut in May 2024
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Ghosn says calls for his Nissan return show investor anger over results
Ghosn led Nissan for nearly two decades and has lived in Lebanon since fleeing Japan in late 2019.
A lot at a Nissan plant in Mexico. The company may have overextended itself during the Ghosn era.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
May 20, 2025
Nissan¡¯s troubles might go all the way back to Ghosn?
Some analysts argue that aggressive expansion by the iconoclastic executive left the company overextended.
Carlos Ghosn, then president and CEO of Nissan Motor and Renault, delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of a Nissan car factory in St. Petersburg in June 2009.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 15, 2025
Nissan is dying and taking globalization with it
Nissan is a Japanese business in name only: Despite accounting for 45% of jobs and about 35% of manufacturing assets, just 16% of sales are at home.
Former Nissan executive Greg Kelly in his Tokyo apartment in February 2020. He returned to the United States after the first verdict nearly three years ago in which he was given a suspended prison sentence.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2025
Tokyo court upholds suspended jail term for former Nissan exec
Greg Kelly was found guilty in 2022 of helping the automaker¡¯s fugitive ex-CEO, Carlos Ghosn, underreport his income.
Carlos Ghosn
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 21, 2024
Ghosn says Honda deal talks indicate Nissan in ¡®panic mode¡¯
¡°It¡¯s a desperate move,¡± the ex-Nissan chief said. ¡°It¡¯s not a pragmatic deal because frankly, the synergies between the two companies are difficult to find.¡±
Makoto Uchida, President and CEO of Nissan, holds a press briefing at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2023. Uchida is under presser to deliver a turnaround and to keep his job at the troubled carmaker.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2024
Nissan boss Uchida races to save the automaker ¡ª and his job
Makoto Uchida is under pressure to reverse Nissan¡¯s fortunes after years of turmoil following the 2018 arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Although years have passed since the dramatic arrest and ouster of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, Nissan remains mired in management upheaval.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2024
Nissan shares up after news that chief financial officer will step down
The stock gained as much as 1% in early morning trading, though the shares are still down almost 35% this year.
Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn poses during the opening of the Beirut Sports Festival in Beirut on May 23.
BUSINESS
Nov 16, 2024
French prosecutors request Carlos Ghosn and French minister stand trial
Ghosn¡¯s lawyers said he had learned about the request through media reports and challenged the legal basis of the legal procedures.
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2024
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
Michael Taylor, who served part of his sentence at the facility, said he felt the depiction had missed key elements of the ¡°Fuchu experience.¡±
A judge has decided to evict former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn from his residence in the Lebanese capital, a judicial source has said, about four years after an investment firm accused him of "trespassing."
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2023
Lebanon court orders Carlos Ghosn out of Beirut home
Phoinos Investment, to which the home in the Lebanese capital is registered, has accused the former Nissan boss of ¡°trespassing.¡±
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2023
Carlos Ghosn vows to fight allegations but won¡¯t return to Japan
¡°Nissan will have to pay for what they did to me and my family,¡± Ghosn said Tuesday, speaking via video link during a news conference in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 21, 2023
The Carlos Ghosn show has a bizarre sequel
A provocative lawsuit brought by Carlos Ghosn, the fugitive architect of the Renault-Nissan alliance, makes it harder for the French and Japanese carmakers to move on.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion in Lebanon courts
Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of underreporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2023
Lower House approves bill to use GPS monitoring for people on bail
The bill was sent to the House of Councilors and is expected to be enacted during the ongoing ordinary session of parliament.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2023
Japan¡¯s Cabinet backs use of GPS trackers for defendants on bail
The legal amendments only apply to defendants who authorities fear may flee abroad, with the move influenced by the escape of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Feb 7, 2023
Carlos Ghosn¡¯s carmaking dreams disappear with Renault-Nissan revamp
The workaholic Brazilian-Lebanese executive, who spent much of his time jetting between the carmakers¡¯ headquarters and factories, was the glue holding together the firms¡¯ alliance.
Japan Times
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2022
Americans who helped Carlos Ghosn escape Japan are sent back to U.S.
The father and son sentenced to serve time in a Japanese prison for smuggling Carlos Ghosn out of the country were transferred to the U.S. a week ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 22, 2022
France issues arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, report says
Since Ghosn¡¯s dramatic escape from Japan, his main legal risks have largely shifted to France, where he is accused of using Renault funds to pay for a yacht and his wife¡¯s birthday party.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 8, 2022
Ex-Nissan exec Kelly leaves Japan after trial over Ghosn¡¯s pay
Kelly received a suspended sentence for helping Ghosn underreport compensation, and left for the U.S. from Haneda Airport on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2022
Nissan won¡¯t appeal ruling that carmaker hid Carlos Ghosn¡¯s pay
Meanwhile, lawyers for Nissan¡¯s former director, Greg Kelly, said they will appeal a ruling that saw him given a suspended sentence.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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