Carlos Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan and Renault, assailed Nissan executives and said he is innocent, in a video released by his lawyers and was recorded before his arrest. Image: Getty ImagesTOKYO—Among the unusual features of Japan’s justice system that have emerged in the Carlos Ghosn case, add this one: Prosecutors can seize and examine his communications with his lawyers, likely without consequences. When Mr. Ghosn, the former chairman of Nissan Motor Co., was arrested again over fresh suspicions on April 4, Japanese prosecutors confiscated communications with his overseas lawyers in a raid of his Tokyo apartment, said lead defense lawyer Junichiro Hironaka.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 10, 2019 15:17 UTC