Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn bashed the Japanese legal system during a press conference he held last week to defend his decision to jump bail and flee Japan, highlighting some long-held criticisms of the nation’s legal system.
Ghosn, who was facing four white-collar charges in Japan, including underreporting his salary and transferring personal financial losses to Nissan’s books, was particularly critical of Japan’s pretrial detention methods. After his arrest in November 2018, he said he was interrogated for up to eight hours a day by Japanese authorities and was not allowed to have lawyers present.
