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SAIKAWA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 11, 2019
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa sought special deal on stock options in 2013, says former Ghosn aide
A former senior board member of Nissan Motor Co. said the company's current chief executive officer sought an exception on the sale of compensation-linked stock, which resulted in him earning a higher profit, according to a Japanese media report.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 17, 2019
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa won't be charged over Ghosn's underreported pay, sources say
Prosecutors have decided not to indict Nissan Motor Co. CEO Hiroto Saikawa for his involvement in the alleged underreporting of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn's remuneration, sources close to the matter said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 16, 2019
Nissan to keep Hiroto Saikawa as CEO and name Renault chief Thierry Bollore to board, say sources
Nissan Motor Co. plans to keep Hiroto Saikawa as its CEO and newly appoint Thierry Bollore, CEO of its alliance partner Renault SA, to its board, pending shareholder approval in June, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
May 12, 2019
Carlos Ghosn's successor, Hiroto Saikawa, under siege from within as Nissan profit sinks
Nissan chief Hiroto Saikawa finds himself under pressure from several angles, including a drop in company profits and slumping U.S. sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 1, 2019
Carlos Ghosn and Nissan CEO Saikawa considered adding fourth partner to alliance, email shows
Last September, two months before his arrest in Tokyo, then-Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn and the carmaker's chief executive officer considered bringing in a new partner for the alliance with Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., according to an email.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2019
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement deal, panel says
Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa signed off on Carlos Ghosn's retirement package, an outside corporate-governance panel said, which could intensify scrutiny of his role in alleged financial improprieties by the former chairman of Nissan and Renault SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 12, 2019
Nissan CEO Saikawa and new Renault chief Senard to discuss post-Ghosn alliance in Japan this week
Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa said Tuesday he plans to meet the new Renault SA chairman in Japan soon, with the focus of the talks apparently to be on the future of the alliance following the arrest of the two carmakers' former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2019
Nissan board to meet next week on post-Ghosn leadership
Nissan Motor Co. plans to hold an extraordinary board meeting as early as next week to discuss its top management after its alliance partner Renault SA appointed new leadership to replace Carlos Ghosn, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 25, 2019
Nissan president pledges cooperation with new Renault chairman; Saikawa hints he may step down within months
Renault picked Jean-Dominique Senard on Thursday to replace Carlos Ghosn, who has been detained in Japan for alleged financial misconduct, as chairman.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2019
France downplays Renault-Nissan merger idea amid tensions over lopsided alliance built by Ghosn
France's finance minister says there is no plan to remodel the alliance between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co., despite reports to the contrary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 15, 2019
Nissan CEO calls for Renault board to review findings on Carlos Ghosn
Nissan expects alliance partner Renault's board to back its ousting of Carlos Ghosn once it sees evidence from the Japanese carmaker's investigation, Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa said in a newspaper interview published Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2018
Nissan fails at board meeting to name new chairman to succeed Carlos Ghosn
The board of Nissan Motor Co. put off a decision to choose the successor to ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who has been arrested for alleged financial misconduct, reflecting heightened tensions with its partner Renault SA.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 15, 2018
Nissan unlikely to tap new chairman at Monday board meeting
Nissan's board probably won't pick a replacement at next week's meeting because partner Renault hasn't taken action against ousted chief Carlos Ghosn, who remains chairman and CEO, sources say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2018
Report that Carlos Ghosn planned to oust Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa brings relationship into focus
Almost three weeks after his shock arrest, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's relationship with his former protege is emerging as key to determining what may have triggered the investigation that has put the car industry titan in a Tokyo jail cell.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 6, 2018
Nissan may launch recall in Japan after finding new cases of inspection misconduct
Nissan Motor Co. has found fresh cases of misconduct in vehicle inspections and may launch a recall, sources close to the matter said Thursday, in the latest setback for the global carmaker mired in quality control issues and the arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2018
Directors meet to decide who will fill Carlos Ghosn's shoes as Nissan chairman
Their choice to replace the ousted car titan, now languishing in Tokyo Detention House, will indicate the direction the automaker's alliance with Renault SA will take.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 27, 2018
Carlos Ghosn allegedly shifted investment loss of ¥1.7 billion to Nissan; CEO Saikawa set to double as chairman
The SESC was aware of the alleged misconduct, sources say, and notified the bank involved in the transaction that Ghosn may have committed an aggravated breach of trust.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Nov 27, 2018
The big winner from Carlos Ghosn's arrest? His protege at Nissan
Long before the downfall of his mentor Carlos Ghosn, Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa had pushed to win more power for the Japanese carmaker in its strained alliance with Renault SA. Now he has a chance to do just that.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 23, 2018
Nissan's Hiroto Saikawa, a hard-nosed leader, takes center stage after Ghosn's ouster
In sacking his long-time mentor, Carlos Ghosn, as chairman of Nissan Motor Co., CEO Hiroto Saikawa has only bolstered his reputation for being a tough leader unafraid to antagonize people in the interests of business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2018
Nissan reports preventive steps to government in wake of data fabrication scandal
Nissan Motor Co. submitted a report to the government Wednesday containing measures to prevent any further fabrication of exhaust emissions and fuel efficiency data.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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