Japan: Court blocks ex-Nissan boss Ghosn from attending new board meetings

A Tokyo court rejected ousted Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn’s request to attend a board meeting this week, denying him a seat at the table even as the carmaker looks set to bolster an alliance he built over two decades. The Tokyo District Court on Monday, March 11, declined to temporarily suspend a condition of Ghosn’s bail that stops him from meeting people linked to his case.

Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi are to set up a new joint board in an attempt to ease tensions and strengthen integration within the world’s largest car partnership.  Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi plan to set up a joint board meeting structure under which Renault’s new chairman, Jean-Dominique Senard, is likely to take the chair, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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