NHK -- Jan 18
A Japanese court has turned down an appeal from Carlos Ghosn's defense team over a decision to deny the former Nissan Motor chairman bail.
Ghosn's attorneys are now expected to take the request for bail to the Supreme Court.
The Tokyo District Court rejected the appeal filed by his legal team on Thursday.
Ghosn has been charged with aggravated breach of trust and with violating a financial law by underreporting his compensation.
It's alleged Ghosn inappropriately transferred about 15 million dollars from a Nissan subsidiary to a Saudi Arabian businessman's company after the man helped Ghosn cover personal investment losses.
Ghosn denies the charges. His defense team filed a bail request with the court, but it was turned down on Tuesday.
カルロス・ゴーン被告（64）は引き続き勾留されることになりました。 特別背任の罪などで11日に追起訴された日産自動車の前会長・ゴーン被告について、東京地裁は15日に弁護人の保釈の請求を退ける決定をしていました。
Feb 21
Carlos Ghosn's new lawyer took aim at Nissan, prosecutors and courts on Wednesday, dismissing the charges against the ousted chairman as an internal company matter and saying Japan was out of step with international norms by keeping his client in jail. (Japan Today) Feb 20
Honda Motor says it plans to shut down its manufacturing plant in Swindon, southwest England, in 2021.
(NHK) Feb 20
Japan's government says it's building a computer database of registered private lodgings. It aims to stop people renting out properties illegally in the rush to cash in on the growing number of tourists visiting Japan.
(NHK) Feb 20
A Japanese real estate leasing company says it has found defects in more than 11,000 buildings nationwide.
(NHK) Feb 18
By changing his lead attorney from a former prosecutor known as "the breaker" to a hotshot trial lawyer nicknamed "the acquitter", Carlos Ghosn plans a defense in his own image -- combative and media-savvy, experts say. (Japan Today) Feb 17
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Soft drink companies in Japan have put aside their long-held fear of losing market shares, moving to raise prices amid soaring expenses for labor and materials. (Nikkei) Feb 12
Convenience store operator Family Mart Co. on Monday announced the dismissal of a male employee after the emergence of a video showing him licking items, the latest of several similar incidents involving a food-related company in the last week, reports TV Asahi (Feb. 12). (tokyoreporter.com) Feb 09
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(NHK) Feb 08
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