Tokyo court approves Ghosn's detention until April 14, lawyer on appeal



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Former Nissan Motor president, Carlos Ghosn, is leaving his law firm in Tokyo, Japan, on this photo taken by Kyodo on April 3, 2019. Kyodo / via REUTERS compulsory credit

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Tokyo District Court announced Friday that it had approved a request from prosecutors to arrest Nissan Motor Group's ousted president, Carlos Ghosn, for ten days.

The court said that he had approved a detention until April 14. Ghosn's lawyer, Junichiro Hironaka, told reporters that the defense team would form an appeal on Friday.

Report by Naomi Tajitsu and Maki Shiraki; Edited by David Dolan

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