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Japan Charges Two Americans With Helping Ghosn Escape
Security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor and his son Peter are charged in connection to the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn. (DHA via AP)
TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, March 22 in the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon, while he was out on bail.
March 22, 2021Fugitive Carlos Ghosn Aims to Settle Scores in Book
Carlos Ghosn by Michel Euler/AP
Executive-turned-international fugitive Carlos Ghosn is gunning for revenge in a new book published this week about the events surrounding his arrest in Tokyo two years ago, 130-day Japanese imprisonment and dramatic escape to Lebanon.
November 4, 2020Ghosn’s Suspected Escape Accomplices Arrested in Boston
Carlos Ghosn and his wife Carole, left, arrive for a new conference in Beirut on Jan. 8. (Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg News)
Two men charged in Japan with aiding the escape of Carlos Ghosn were arrested in Massachusetts the morning of May 20 and are being held for possible extradition.
May 20, 2020Nissan Recalls More Than 250,000 Vehicles to Replace Takata Air Bags
(Toru Hanai/Bloomberg News)
Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.
April 2, 2020Nissan Warns About Future of European Plants as Brexit Weighs
Paul Sancya/Associated Press
Nissan Motor Co. gave the starkest warning yet on the future of the Japanese group’s car factories in western Europe, with a plant in the U.K. threatened by Brexit and another in Spain suffering from a slump in demand.
February 24, 2020Virus Havoc Could Shut Down a Nissan Factory Half a World Away
(Akio Kan/Bloomberg News)
Nissan Motor Co. is bracing for potential disruptions in plants as far away as the U.S. because the coronavirus epidemic in China is leading to a parts shortage and wreaking havoc across the supply chain, people familiar with the matter said.
February 19, 2020Nissan Sues Ghosn in Japan, Seeks $91 Million in Damages
Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of Nissan and Renault SA, prepares to speak to the media in Lebanon on Jan. 8. Nissan is suing the former executive for $91 million. (Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg News)
Nissan Motor Co. is stepping up its pursuit of claims against former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, suing for 10 billion yen ($91 million) in damages from the former leader of the Japanese automaker and its alliance with Renault SA.
February 12, 2020Ghosn Faces Nissan in Dutch Court for First Time Since Escape
Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan CEO, gestures as he speaks to media in Lebanon on Jan. 8. (Hasan Shaaban/Bloomberg News)
Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers faced off with Nissan Motor Co. in an Amsterdam court for the first time since the former executive’s dramatic escape from Tokyo last year.
February 10, 2020Renault-Nissan Alliance Being Rebuilt After Carlos Ghosn Era
Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard by Francois Mori/Associated Press
Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said the two-decade automotive partnership with Nissan Motor Co. has moved on from the Carlos Ghosn era, dismissing reports it’s in danger of collapse and signaling the “anguish” of last year is over.
January 16, 2020Nissan Punishes More Managers After Carlos Ghosn Probe
Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News
Nissan Motor Co. has revealed more details of an exhaustive probe into Carlos Ghosn, a week after its fugitive former leader accused the Japanese carmaker of being behind the plot to have him arrested.
January 16, 2020