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Author Archives: Roger Schreffler

People walk past a screen showing a news program featuring Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo. Photo: AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Ghosn coup: The Kelly trial’s shocking backstory

by Roger Schreffler May 5, 2022May 10, 2022

This is part 2 of a 3-part report. Read part 1 here. The clock was ticking. By 2013, Nissan was solidly back making money after having weathered the 2008 financial crisis followed by the hyper-inflated yen between 2009 and 2012 and the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Thus the automaker could boast three consecutive years […]

Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Ghosn shares damning new documents with Asia Times

by Roger Schreffler April 26, 2022May 3, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Why France doesn’t likely have a case against Ghosn

by Roger Schreffler April 24, 2022April 27, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Kelly ‘guilty’ in Ghosn case; sentence suspended

by Roger Schreffler March 4, 2022March 7, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Japan has tortured three American citizens

by Roger Schreffler March 1, 2022March 2, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Ghosn coup motives: mother of all palace intrigues

by Roger Schreffler February 24, 2022February 27, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Lawyerly omissions behind the Carlos Ghosn coup

by Roger Schreffler February 10, 2022February 17, 2022
Posted inAnalysis

Lawyers played fast and loose in Ghosn case

by Roger Schreffler February 7, 2022February 11, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Documents blow Nissan’s Kelly case to smithereens

by Roger Schreffler January 3, 2022January 8, 2022
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Disclosures show Nissan Kelly charges are fabricated

by Roger Schreffler December 27, 2021January 3, 2022
Posted inExclusive Interview

Ghosn builds his case as the market punishes Nissan

by Roger Schreffler December 3, 2021December 8, 2021
People walk past a screen showing a news program featuring Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo. Photo: AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Three years on, Nissan’s Ghosn coup stinks to high heaven

by Roger Schreffler November 19, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Ghosn says Nissan directors have ‘dirt on their hands’

by Roger Schreffler November 1, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Early Ghosn critic fired for tagging Nissan junta

by Roger Schreffler October 27, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Prelude to a cover-up: Truth strikes out at Nissan

by Roger Schreffler October 25, 2021October 29, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Nissan blinks first in Tennessee Carlos Ghosn case

by Roger Schreffler October 1, 2021October 7, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Post-Ghosn board covered up Nissan executives’ sins

by Roger Schreffler September 7, 2021October 25, 2021
Posted inCarlos Ghosn

Ghosn and accusers pursue one another globally

by Roger Schreffler September 4, 2021September 8, 2021
Posted inExclusive Interview

Ghosn blames accusers for $40bn in corporate losses

by Roger Schreffler September 2, 2021September 7, 2021
Posted inExclusive Interview

Carlos Ghosn prepares to turn the tables on his accusers

by Roger Schreffler September 1, 2021September 4, 2021

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