This is the luxurious £2.7million penthouse apartment of Carlos Ghosn, raided by police after the Nissan chairman was arrested for alleged financial misconduct.
Images show the plush interior of the 64-year-old's property, at the Moto Azabu Hills apartment block, which has sweeping views across Tokyo Japan.
Ghosn was yesterday accused by Japanese prosecutors of under-reporting his income and misusing company funds. Prosecutors sent investigators to Ghosn's private residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward and Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama, according to the Asahi news website.
Details have emerged about the allegations against the Brazil-born executive including claims that 'huge sums' were spent on homes for him in Rio de Janeiro, Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam.
It come as Nissan and Mitsubishi shares plunged with the automakers preparing to oust Ghosn.
This is the luxurious penthouse apartment of Carlos Ghosn, the Nissan chairman arrested for alleged financial misconduct. Images show the plush interior of the 64-year-old's property which has sweeping views across Tokyo Japan
Details began to emerge about the allegations against the Brazil -born executive including claims that 'huge sums' were spent on homes for him in Rio de Janeiro, Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam. He is understood to have a penthouse in this apartment block in Tokyo
Carlos Ghosn is pictured, left, with his first wife, Rita, in 2008 and, right, with his second wife, Carole, in 2017
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa (pictured) said a months-long investigation prompted by a whistleblower had uncovered years of financial wrongdoing, including under-reporting of Ghosn's salary and misuse of company assets
His legacy appeared in danger of total collapse today, with his own handpicked successor as Nissan CEO accusing Ghosn of accruing too much power, in what he called the 'dark side' of his leadership.
Japanese media reported this morning that Nissan had provided Ghosn with houses in four countries 'without any legitimate business reason' in Rio de Janeiro, Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam.
At the close of Tokyo trade, Nissan was down 5.45 per cent while Mitsubishi had fallen 6.84 percent.
The spectacular fall of the executive, which Japan's top government spokesman called 'truly regrettable,' also raised questions about the future of the sometimes fractious alliance he led of Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault.
Nissan and Mitsubishi have said they will propose his removal as chairman, with Renault's board also meeting to discuss his fate.
The automakers and Japanese government officials said they would work to protect the alliance.
'Keeping a stable relationship (among the three companies) is important,' industry minister Hiroshige Seko told reporters.
On Tuesday there were still many unanswered questions about the allegations against a man long credited with an almost magical ability to turn around ailing auto companies.
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said a months-long investigation prompted by a whistleblower had uncovered years of financial wrongdoing, including under-reporting of Ghosn's salary and misuse of company assets.
Prosecutors said they were holding him as they probed allegations he had under-reported his income by around five billion yen (£34million) over five years.
Public broadcaster NHK reported Nissan has provided Ghosn with houses in four countries 'without any legitimate business reason,' and that Nissan paid 'huge sums' for the homes in Rio de Janeiro, Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam.
It also reported that some compensation due to other executives ended up going to Ghosn, without specifying how the process had worked.
At the close of Tokyo trade, Nissan was down 5.45 per cent while Mitsubishi had fallen 6.84 percent.
Nissan shares lost 5.45 per cent to 950.7 yen after dipping to a low of 940 yen, down 6.51 per cent, at one point
Prosecutors sent investigators to Ghosn's private residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward (pictured) and Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama, according to the Asahi news website
Carlos Ghosn is believed to have been taken to this detention centre in Katsushika in Tokyo following his arrest
The shock of Ghosn's arrest was compounded by the harsh language levelled against him by Saikawa, who in a news conference accused the titan of accruing too much power.
'Too much authority was given to one person in terms of governance,' he told reporters at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Monday. 'I have to say that this is a dark side of the Ghosn era which lasted for a long time.'
It was an almost unthinkable turn of events for Ghosn who had earned a virtually unparallelled reputation, particularly in Japan, for his role in resurrecting Nissan.
Ghosn has dominated the country's corporate landscape, and is a well-known figure among the Japanese public, who know him as 'Mr Fix It', partly through a popular manga comic of his life story.
But the tables had turned Tuesday, with the Yomiuri Shimbun describing executives at Nissan slamming Ghosn as 'greedy'.
'He says the right things, but in the end it's all about money,' the daily quoted senior employees as saying.
It was unclear how long Ghosn could be held, or even when prosecutors would officially announce the charges against him.
Local media reported prosecutors had negotiated a plea bargain for only the second time since Japanese law changed this year that would allow Nissan officials who are cooperating to receive lesser charges or lighter penalties.
Nissan said the ongoing investigation had uncovered years of misconduct by Ghosn and Representative Director Greg Kelly but refused to be drawn on whether other people were involved, saying only: 'These two gentlemen are the masterminds, that is definite.'
The news sparked concern in France, where the state owns a 15 percent stake in Renault. President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would be 'extremely vigilant' about the stability of the firm and its three-way tie-up.
Despite his international renown and rock-star status, particularly in Japan, where he was a rare foreign-born executive, Ghosn was not without detractors.
Details began to emerge about the allegations against Brazil-born Ghosn including claims that 'huge sums' were spent on homes for him in four countries
Carlos Ghosn: The cost cutter with a big price tag
In his 40 years in the auto industry, the praise Carlos Ghosn has won for turning around businesses has regularly been matched by criticism over the amount he has been paid to do it.
In the latest furore over his finances, Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it planned to oust Ghosn as chairman after alleging he had made personal use of company assets, among other acts of suspected misconduct.
The scandal comes just five months after the 64-year-old head of the Renault-Nissan alliance narrowly won a shareholder vote at Renault over his 7.4 million euro ($8.5 million) pay package for 2017, after losing a 2016 vote.
In his 40 years in the auto industry, the praise Carlos Ghosn (pictured) has won for turning around businesses has regularly been matched by criticism over the amount he has been paid to do it
Ghosn was born in Porto Velho, Brazil, to Lebanese parents and is a French citizen. In his youth, he nearly died after drinking dirty water.
He is said to have loved cars so much as a child, that by the age of five he was able to distinguish the make of a vehicle by its horn alone.
Ghosn began his career in 1978 at tyremaker Michelin, before moving to Renault in 1996, where he oversaw a turnaround at the French automaker that won him the nickname 'Le Cost Killer.'
After Renault sealed an alliance with Nissan in 1999, Ghosn used similar methods to revive the ailing Japanese brand, leading to 'business superstar' status in Japan, blanket media coverage and even a manga comic book on his life.
As auto markets in western Europe and Japan struggled, Ghosn championed a cheap car for the masses in emerging markets and embraced the electric vehicle before many others.
He also never made it a secret that he believed there were too many carmakers in the world and consolidation would continue - in 2016 he added Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp to the alliance.
But in recent months, attention has increasingly turned to how the complex web of cross-shareholdings between the alliance partners might be simplified to ensure it can thrive following the eventual departure of its main architect.
In March, sources close to the matter told Reuters the alliance partners were discussing plans for a closer tie-up in which Nissan would acquire the bulk of the French state's 15 percent stake in Renault.
With Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reporting on Monday that Ghosn had been arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on suspicion of under-reporting his salary, the alliance's plans for the future just got more pressing.
Supporters often refer to Ghosn as a 'visionary' with the executive having embraced electric vehicles sooner than many rivals, launching the Nissan Leaf in Japan and the US in 2010. It is now the world's best-selling electric car.
Ghosn was known to sleep on his private jet as he flew between companies and countries around the world.
The executive is a big investor in the Lebanese wine industry and was once mooted as a possible president of the country. He is said to have dismissed the plan, because he already had 'too many jobs', the BBC reports.
He is multilingual, being fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and English, and has picked up a working knowledge of Japanese from his time at Nissan.
Ghosn met his first wife, Rita, in the 1980s and the couple had four children, Caroline, Nadine, Maya and Anthony. In 2016, he married his second wife, Carole.
In the past, he has spoken of the importance of spending time with his family.
He once told Fortune magazine: 'I do not bring my work home. I play with my four children and spend time with my family on weekends.
'When I go to work on Monday... I come up with good ideas as a result of becoming stronger after being recharged.'
He earned admiration but also anger for his ruthless restructuring at firms like Nissan, and was nicknamed 'Le Cost Cutter' in France.
And his pay packet was regularly the subject of criticism, including at Renault, where it sparked a spat with shareholders.
Meanwhile, Ghosn's ex-wife Rita shared a post on her Facebook page on Monday saying 'all narcissists are hypocrites.'
'They pretend to have morals and values that they really don't possess,' the shared message said, having been posted yesterday just after midnight. It has since been removed.
'Behind closed doors, they lie, insult, criticize, disrespect and abuse. They can do and say whatever they want, but how dare you say anything back to them or criticize them. They have a whole set of rules for others, but follow none of their own rules, and practice nothing of what they preach.'
Rita and Carlos Ghosn had four children together, Caroline, Nadine, Maya and Anthony according to CNN.
In 2016, Ghosn married his second wife, Carole, throwing a Marie Antoinette-themed wedding at the Grand Trianon at Versailles, France.
Ghosn's fall from grace may have been a corporate 'coup d'etat', say experts as chairman's arrest shakes fractious Franco-Japanese alliance
By AFP
Carlos Ghosn's spectacular fall from grace is seen by some as a stunning corporate 'coup d'etat' stoked by resentment at Japan's Nissan over a lopsided alliance with French carmaker Renault.
The chairman's shock arrest over alleged financial misconduct on Monday has shaken the complex Franco-Japanese coalition between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi and could be taken as an opportunity for the Japanese to rework it, commentators say.
Resentment in the Tokyo press had already been brewing over the structure of the alliance, which they say gives French carmaker Renault an undue share of the Japanese company's profits.
And Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa unleashed a surprising broadside against Ghosn and his legacy as he announced the firm has been investigating the chairman's misconduct.
'The tensions bubbling under the surface of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance in recent years have finally burst open in brutal fashion,' David Fickling, a columnist at Bloomberg News, told AFP.
Nissan and Mitsubishi shares have plunged as the automakers prepare to oust chairman Carlos Ghosn a day after he was arrested for alleged financial misconduct
'From the perspective of Japan, the French company could resemble a parasite attempting to control its intrinsically stronger host.
'The question is whether this bloodshed will be enough to tame the intra-group tensions.'
Japanese prosecutors have said Ghosn is being held on suspicion of under-reporting his income by around five billion yen ($44.5 million) over five years.
Corporate scandals are nothing new in Japan, but rarely are disgraced executives accused of personal enrichment.
Hans Greimel, the Asia editor of Automotive News said Saikawa was 'leveraging this malfeasance as an opportunity to take stronger oversight over Nissan'.
'This clears the way for Saikawa to put his own stamp on the company and blaze a new direction,' he added.
Ghosn has long been a major player in the car industry and is credited with resurrecting the once-troubled Nissan, which he allied with Mitsubishi and Renault.
In the beginning, debt-laden Nissan was the weak link but the manufacturer was reborn at the cost of severe restructuring under the auspices of guru Ghosn.
Now its solid financial results are to thank for significant contributions to its French counterpart, which has reportedly caused Japanese employees to fume.
Renault currently owns 43 percent of Nissan, while Nissan only owns 15 percent of Renault.
The divisions were accentuated in 2015, after the French state temporarily raised its stake in Renault - a move that had revived concern within Nissan.
'This could be a coup d'etat that had been planned in a bid to reject a Renault-initiated business integration with Nissan,' said Nobutaka Kazama, an expert on corporate governance at Meiji University in Tokyo.
'I think the intention to remove Ghosn and revise the alliance to one led by Nissan is clearly in the works.'
Nissan's Saikawa said the allegations against Ghosn were uncovered following a months-long investigation sparked by a whistleblower and accused the titan of accruing too much power.
Although he insisted the partnership among the three manufacturers 'will not be affected by this event,' analysts predict he may take the chance to loosen Nissan's involvement in the alliance.
'It does seem on the outside that there is a kind of frustration and concern. Nissan wants to be independent,' Christopher Richer, CLSA automotive analyst, said of Saikawa's comments.
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