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Tokyo prosecutors officially charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday for under-reporting his income and extended his detention on suspicion of additional financial… Read
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Prosecutors sought on Monday 23 years in prison for a 26-year-old man over an alleged road-rage incident near Tokyo last year which left a couple… Read
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Former Nissan Motor Co Chairman Carlos Ghosn was planning to oust its CEO Hiroto Saikawa before his arrest by Tokyo prosecutors last month, the online… Read
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Police in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, have arrested a 70-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury after he hit two 15-year-old junior high… Read
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