Renault and its Japanese partner Nissan Motor led an audit at their jointly-owned RNBV subsidiary which confirmed the existence of financial ‘deficiencies,’ Renault said
Tokyo
Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn’s fight to prove his innocence begins in Tokyo
The trial probably won’t get underway until 2020, several pre-trial hearings between now and then
Akane Imamura
Video: Meet the engineer dreaming of a Lunar City
After a decades-long lull, interest in the moon is back — this time led by startups, including Tokyo-based ispace Inc., which is hoping to land two of its miniature rovers on the lunar surface in 2021.
Carlos Ghosn
Japanese court grants $4.5m bail to Carlos Ghosn
Prosecutors are likely to appeal the court’s decision, delaying his immediate release but public broadcaster NHK said he could walk out of his detention centre ‘as early as Thursday’
Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn accuses Nissan executives of ‘backstabbing’ plot in new video
Carlos Ghosn said there was a fear that the next step of the alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi – and a move towards a merger – would ‘threaten some people or eventually threaten the autonomy of Nissan’
Carlos Ghosn
Nissan’s shareholders sack Carlos Ghosn as wife flees Tokyo
Carole Ghosn fled Tokyo on a flight to Paris with support from the French ambassador because she ‘felt in danger’
Carlos Ghosn
Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn rearrested in Tokyo
Authorities detained Ghosn early on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated breach of trust, using company money funnelled through an intermediary for personal purposes,
Carlos Ghosn
Tokyo court denies ex-Nissan chief Ghosn’s bail request
Carlos Ghosn’s lawyer has acknowledged his client is unlikely to be freed before a trial, and that the case could take six months to come to court
carlos ghosn news
Carlos Ghosn says he’s innocent in first appearance since arrest
Carlos Ghosn laid out in detail his defence against charges he failed to disclose income from Nissan and passed on trading losses to the carmaker
Carlos Ghosn
Nissan Saudi business partner Juffali details work in Ghosn’s defence
Khaled Juffali Co said the payments were for legitimate business purposes in order to support and promote Nissan’s business strategy in Saudi Arabia
Carlos Ghosn
Ghosn’s family say misconduct allegations are Nissan revolt
Daughters of Carlos Ghosn believe the accusations are part of an internal revolt within the carmaker to prevent a merger with Renault
Carlos Ghosn
Former Nissan director leaves jail after court grants bail
Greg Kelly was arrested in November for allegedly helping former chairman Carlos Ghosn under-report his compensation
Beirut
Lebanon rallies around former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn
Lebanese government is demanding that the former chairman of Nissan Motor be allowed to contact his family and is making sure he has proper legal representation
Masayoshi Son
SoftBank IPO is said to seek $18bn from retail investors
SoftBank Group is seeking to raise a record 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) from Japanese individuals in the initial public offering of its mobile phone unit, targeting investors who often get no interest on their savings, said people familiar with the matter.
Nomura Holdings, a joint global coordinator, will sell the biggest part of the shares […]
Euromonitor International
Revealed: which city will be world’s most populous by 2030
Tokyo will lose the crown of being the world’s most populous city to Jakarta by 2030, according to Euromonitor International
EMI Music Publishing
Mubadala to sell EMI Music stake to Sony in $2bn deal
Mubadala said the EMI deal is based on an enterprise value of $4.75bn, exceeding its target of getting at least $4bn
Masayoshi Son
SoftBank said to plan second $100bn tech fund
Planned fund would likely draw a wider pool of investors than the first one, in which most of the contributions came from sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia and the UAE