He was accused of having Nissan take the losses on his personal investment portfolio -- kind of like Hillary cattle futures in reverse. He has French, Brazilian and Lebanese citizenship, according to the article.
Remember, Diversity is our strengthTM.
Japan, to my knowledge, has not drank the diversity sake.
This endless cycle of rearrests based purely on suspicion is unjust (not to mention the unfair treatment of the accused while arrested). As was attempting to force Ghosn’s wife to testify against him. What about the responsibility of the Nissan board of directors? Ghosn was not acting on his own, no matter what he did.
This is more about the Japanese government trying to get control back over a Japanese company, Nissan, that is owned by a foreign one.
Japanese don’t like foreigners, and having one of their auto companies owned by foreigners and having the Japanese board being told what to do by a foreigner is seen as an insult.