Greg Kelly, accompanied by his wife, Dee, was escorted to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, by the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, and checked in to a flight for home.

Akio Toyoda, in his role as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, expressed shock and sadness at the killing.

The veteran communications executive is back at the automaker after her shocking 2015 arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug possession, resignation and release 20 days later without being charged.

A Tokyo court is about to render a verdict on former Nissan director Greg Kelly in a closely watched ruling that has become a lightning rod of corporate and diplomatic maneuvering. The trial began in September 2020.

Rahm Emanuel, nominated as the next top U.S. diplomat to the longtime Asian ally, says he has ordered a review of Kelly’s legal odyssey in Japan and is making the matter a “top priority.”

The appeal filing comes just days after the American – free from Japan on a suspended sentence – had a tearful homecoming to Tennessee and ensures his years-long legal odyssey will drag on.

Indicted former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says he is stepping up the campaign to reclaim his legacy, calls Nissan "boring" and says its alliance with Renault is a "zombie."

Prosecutors made the case against the American defendant  as they delivered their closing argument in the long-running trial.

The wait begins in the case -- a proxy for ousted boss Carlos Ghosn -- that could see the former HR executive sentenced to two years in a Japanese prison.

The latest announcement builds on a string of initiatives CEO Toshihiro Mibe is taking to make the lineup at Japan’s No. 2 automaker completely gasoline-free by 2040.

The court proceedings that have the entangled former Nissan director will likely drag on for years. It reveals that the Carlos Ghosn-Nissan scandal is still festering.

Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe says his company studied the potential for hydrogen combustion a decade ago but still doesn't see it as feasible for cars.

Japan’s Woven City, the digitally-driven town of tomorrow that Toyota is building on the foothills of Mount Fuji, could be a future air hub for the country’s flying cars.

Toshihiro Mibe is starting a radical revolution that includes rockets, partners and an end to combustion engines.

Nissan's new plan calls for getting 40 percent of its U.S. sales from full-electric vehicles by 2030.