The Mainichi Shimbun says two Americans who helped Carlos Ghosn escape from Japan in 2020 have been released from a Tokyo jail and sent back to the United States.
Category: Crime
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U.S. 100 dollar bills stolen in Tokyo smash-and-grab
The yen is down so badly someone stole US dollars from a foreign currency exchange stand in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district yesterday in a covert smash-and-grab done while the store’s shutter was rolled up.
NHK says someone smashed a glass showcase and scurried off with about 10,000 USD in 100 dollar bills, along with some Euros, according to police.
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Group of 100 in fistfight at Tokyo skyscraper restaurant
Kyodo News says a brawl broke out in a group of 100 people on the 58th floor of the Sunshine 60 Tower in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro on Sunday night. Kyodo of course doesn’t name the restaurant and just says it’s French.
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Japan escapee Carlos Ghosn appears to have put on weight
Former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn, who escaped Japan in January. TOKYO — Carlos Ghosn, now hiding out in plain sight in Lebanon, after escaping house detention in Tokyo in January, appears to have gained weight around the midsection, photos online show. Ghosn, 66, bailed out inside a large flight case resembling one of the boxes magicians use when sawing people in half or making them disappear during Japan’s New Year holidays. A former U.S. Green beret and his son are currently being held in the United States in connection with the exciting escape, which will likely make a good movie.
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Ghosn gone! Jumps Japan bail
Carlos Ghosn, as himself Former Nissan CEO Carlso Ghosn, who was out on bail in Tokyo while awaiting trial on embezzlement charges, is apparently in Beirut, Lebanon, according to The Washington Post. It is unknown how he got there.