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LEBANON

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 18, 2023
Carlos Ghosn vows to fight allegations but won't return to Japan
“Nissan will have to pay for what they did to me and my family,” Ghosn said Tuesday, speaking via video link during a news conference in Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 20, 2023
Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion in Lebanon courts
Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of underreporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2023
Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after rocket salvo from Lebanese soil
Explosions were heard in Lebanon's Tyre region as well as the Gaza Strip, where Israeli air raids had begun before midnight.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2023
Lebanese elite bury blast probe, pushing fragile state closer to edge
There is now little hope of justice ever being served over the explosion that killed 220 people and devastated swathes of Beirut.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2022
'They made us proud': Crisis-hit Lebanon qualifies for FIBA World Cup
The Cedars, ranked 54th in the world, last made it to international basketball's showpiece tournament in 2010.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2022
Lebanon seizes ship accused of carrying stolen Ukrainian grain
Ukraine said the vessel was loaded at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimea, and that the commodities originated from Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Kherson in southeastern Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 7, 2022
Sentenced for a selfie: Middle East police target LGBTQ phones
Around the world, marginalized communities are worried the internet is no longer a safe space for them as surveillance grows and hate speech goes unchecked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 4, 2022
Ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn raps ex-aide's guilty verdict as 'face saving'
On Thursday, the court handed Greg Kelly a six-month suspended prison sentence for helping Ghosn underreport his remuneration for fiscal 2017.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2022
As the U.S. pulls back from the Middle East, China leans in
States in the Middle East are increasingly looking to China not just to buy their oil, but to invest in their infrastructure and cooperate on technology and security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 15, 2021
Deadly shooting rocks Beirut as tensions over blast probe erupt
President Michel Aoun vowed that those responsible for Thursday's gunfire would be held accountable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 29, 2021
Ghosn's alleged accomplices fail to block U.S. extradition to Japan
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled Michael Taylor and his son Peter can now be moved, rejecting their argument that they would be tortured by the Japanese government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020
The blast that blew away Lebanon's faith in itself
The lack of answers over the catastrophe is making it difficult for an already crippled nation to rise from the ashes again.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2020
Lebanon yet to begin probe into Ghosn's escape from Japan, prosecutor says
Prosecutor General Ghassan Oweidat says the former Nissan boss is 'yet to be charged with a crime that is punishable by law in Lebanon.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2020
Ghosn helpers to stay in U.S. while judge weighs Japan torture claim
The Taylors would be placed in solitary confinement, interrogated without their lawyers present and face 'yelling and denial of medical treatment,” their lawyer argued.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2020
Fugitive auto executive Carlos Ghosn settles scores in new French book
The former chairman of Nissan and Renault, who has denied financial misconduct charges, has long said he was set up to prevent deeper integration between the automakers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 29, 2020
'Bring back trust': Carlos Ghosn offers executive training in troubled Lebanon
The former Nissan chief plans programs to coach executives, offer technology training and help startups create jobs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2020
Carlos Ghosn's accused escape plotters can be extradited to Japan, U.S. judge says
A U.S. judge on Friday ruled two Massachusetts men can be extradited to Japan to face charges that they helped smuggle former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial on financial crimes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2020
Race against rain to save historical homes of Beirut
Built in 1920, the house that Riad Asad’s family has called home for decades outlasted 15 years of civil war but took what could be a fatal blow in last month's mammoth, port-side explosion.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2020
Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say
A probe reveals an intricate tale of missing documentation, secrecy and a web of small, obscure companies that span the globe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2020
Lebanese government quits amid fury over Beirut blast
Lebanon's prime minister announced his government's resignation on Monday, saying a huge explosion that devastated Beirut and triggered public outrage was the result of endemic corruption.

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