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Disabled people brew up a storm in Osaka’s former slum
Award-winning brewery start-up helps ex-addicts and other ‘unemployables’ change gear Building a brewery in an…
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Carlos Ghosn issued travel ban in Lebanon after Interpol red notice
Japan hits back at former Nissan boss after fugitive attacks its controversial justice systemJapan has hit bac…
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Man accused of killing 19 in Japanese care home pleads not guilty
Satoshi Uematsu’s lawyers claim he had a psychiatric disorder at time of 2016 attack A man accused of killing …
- Japan, Carlos Ghosn, Automotive industry, Renault, Business, Nissan, World news, Asia Pacific, Mergers and acquisitions
Amid the fury and bombast, Ghosn’s case deserves proper examination
The former Renault-Nissan boss’s account of why he fled Japan will – and should – provoke sympathyCarlos Ghosn…
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The Carlos Ghosn case shines a light into the dark corners of Japanese justice | Jeff Kingston
The former Nissan boss is right to point the finger at a legal system that the UN has described as ‘medieval’I…
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‘A kind of nightmare’: Carlos Ghosn’s press conference – key points
The former Renault-Nissan boss faced the media for the first time since he fled Japan. Here’s what we learnedC…
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‘I am innocent’: Carlos Ghosn blames Nissan conspiracy for arrest in Japan – video
Former Nissan-Renault chair Carlos Ghosn said he felt ‘numb’ and as if in ‘a nightmare’ as he spoke publicly f…
- Japan, Carlos Ghosn, Automotive industry, Renault, Business, Nissan, World news, Lebanon, Asia Pacific
Carlos Ghosn likens arrest to Pearl Harbor as he faces media
Runaway former Nissan chair says he is victim of ‘inhumane system of hostage justice’Carlos Ghosn press confer…
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Carlos Ghosn’s wife says his escape from Japan was ‘beautiful surprise’
Carole Ghosn says she did not know about his plan and claims he is victim of ‘industrial plot’ Ghosn likens ar…
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Carlos Ghosn to make first public appearance since Japan escape
At press conference in Lebanon the former Nissan boss may reveal how he jumped bail Carlos Ghosn is to make hi…
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Toyota unveils plan to build ‘city of the future’ near Mount Fuji
Carmaker plans sustainable city that runs on hydrogen fuel cells, initially houses 2,000 people and uses inter…
- Japan, Carlos Ghosn, Automotive industry, Business, World news, Lebanon, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa
Carlos Ghosn ‘caught bullet train’ during escape from Japan
Border controls tightened as Japan investigates how ex-Nissan boss skipped bailReports have emerged about how …
- Fukushima, Japan, Environment, Japan disaster, Nuclear power, World news, Renewable energy, Asia Pacific, Energy
Fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub
Japan aims to power region, scene of 2011 meltdown, with 100% renewable energy by 2040Fukushima is planning to…
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Carlos Ghosn’s network of influence made it ‘easy to flee’ Japan, say prosecutors
The businessman should have been kept in jail, prosecutors claim, because he had ‘financial power and foreign …
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My father, the quiet hero: how Japan’s Schindler saved 6,000 Jews
Chiune Sugihara’s son tells how he learned of his father’s rescue mission in Lithuania, which commemorates his…
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My father, the quiet hero: how Japan’s Schindler saved 6,000 Jews
Chiune Sugihara’s son tells how he learned of his father’s rescue mission in Lithuania, which commemorates his…
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Carlos Ghosn: an arrest, an escape, and questions about justice in Japan
The feted car executive had railed against the motives behind his detention since the day he was arrestedCarlo…
- Japan, World news, Asia Pacific, Shinzō Abe, Middle East and North Africa, Donald Trump, US politics
Japan’s warship deployment could push a pacifist country into conflict | Jeff Kingston
Prime minister Shinzo Abe is trying to keep Donald Trump on side, but the Japanese people are watching with wo…
- Japan, Carlos Ghosn, Airline industry, Automotive industry, Business, Nissan, World news, Asia Pacific, Turkey
Private jet firm says it was duped over Carlos Ghosn escape
Turkish company MNG Jet leased planes believing they were for other clientsA Turkish private jet company has c…
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James May: Our Man in Japan review – penis festivals are no place for jokes!
The ex-Top Gear star reveals rarer sides of Japanese culture in this travelogue – but why won’t he just quit t…