Ghosn said of Renault's current management, including CEO Luca de Meo, who is leading the automaker's revival strategy, "It's all very well to make announcements about plans, but strategy is only 5 percent."

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.

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.

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.

There are no signs of any imminent structural change in the three-way alliance that includes Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

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 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.

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