One of Carlos Ghosn’s leading lawyers has described his despair at the Japanese justice system as new details emerged of the former Nissan chairman’s dramatic escape from Tokyo to Beirut.
In a widely shared blog, Takashi Takano, one of the lawyers involved in convincing the Tokyo District Court that Mr Ghosn should be granted bail, wrote of his anger when he learnt Mr Ghosn had fled Japan. But Mr Takano then launched a blunt critique of the Japanese legal system: “I was betrayed, but the one who betrayed me is not Carlos Ghosn,” he wrote.
Mr Takano’s blog focused on a call that Mr Ghosn made on Christmas Eve to his wife, whom he was not allowed to see under the conditions of his bail and could only speak to with the court’s permission. Mr Takano wrote that after the call he apologised to Mr Ghosn and felt “embarrassed”.