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Ghosn's Japan lawyer: Questioning averaged 7 hours a day
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A lawyer for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan, said his client was questioned an average of seven hours a day without a lawyer present. Takashi Takano said on his blog post Saturday the questioning continued through weekends, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Takano has said he told Ghosn […]

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Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn says he fled Japan after prosecutors threatened his family
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The 65-year-old former Nissan boss said he had been treated brutally and ruthlessly by Japanese prosecutors.

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Ghosn lawyers in Japan refuse to comply with seizure warrant
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Lawyers for former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday refused to turn over a computer used by the auto tycoon before he jumped bail and fled the country last month. Prosecutors arrived at the offices of one of Ghosn’s Japanese lawyers with a warrant for seizure of the machine — only to be told to […]

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Japan in principle could press Lebanon to extradite ex-Nissan boss Ghosn: Japan minister
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Japan on Monday said it could still press Lebanon to extradite Carlos Ghosn, after the former Nissan Motor boss skipped bail to become a fugitive in a country that normally does not extradite its nationals. In the Japanese government’s first briefing since Ghosn fled to his childhood home of Lebanon, Justice Minister Masako Mori gave […]

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Ghosn fled Japan after security firm hired by Nissan stopped surveillance: sources
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Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn left his Tokyo residence after a private security firm hired by Nissan Motor Co stopped monitoring him, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday. Ghosn has become an international fugitive after he revealed on Tuesday he had fled to Lebanon to escape what he called a “rigged” […]

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Ghosn fled Japan over trial delay, block on contact with wife: sources
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BEIRUT/TOKYO (Reuters) – Ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn decided to flee Japan after learning that his trial had been delayed until April 2021 and also because he had not been allowed to speak to his wife, sources close to Ghosn said on Thursday. The former auto executive has become an international fugitive after he revealed […]

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Market Morning: Microsoft vs North Korea, Uber vs California, Ghosn vs Japan, Rioters vs US Embassy
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Microsoft to the Rescue From North Korean Hackers Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), besides having a skyrocketing stock price, is now responsible for taking over 50 websites it has accused North Korean hackers of taking over in order to steal highly sensitive information from US computers. A court gave the tech giant the mandate to take over the […]

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Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flees £65million corruption charges in Japan
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Carlos Ghosn, 65, the former boss of Nissan and Renault, managed to flee from underneath the noses of Japanese authorities. He was awaiting trial in Tokyo over £65million corruption charges.

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Ghosn met Lebanese president after fleeing Japan: sources
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Fugitive former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn met Lebanon’s president after fleeing from Japan, where he was smuggled out of house arrest by a private security company, two sources close to Ghosn said on Wednesday. One of the sources said Ghosn was greeted warmly by President Michel Aoun on Monday after flying into Beirut via Istanbul […]

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Japan Eyes New Tech Law to Fend Off Chinese Influence, Yomiuri Says
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(Bloomberg) — Japan is planning a law to provide incentives for companies to use domestic parts in high-tech equipment to increase local competitiveness and fend off Chinese influence in security-related infrastructure, the Yomiuri newspaper reported, without citing how it obtained the information.The Japanese government plans to introduce the bill in the ordinary Diet session and […]

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