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Nissan president and Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has been removed from his position as chairman of the board at Nissan, after being arrested for under-reporting his income by more than $43 million over the past five years.

Nissan also accused Ghosn of numerous acts of "misconduct" such as abusing company assets for personal use, including the reported redirection $1.5 million to remodel a privately-owned home, according to NBC News. The automaker's board stated Monday that it would seek to remove Ghosn from his position as chairman, and in a meeting Thursday, the board followed through on its removal of the executive. The Nissan board's representative director Greg Kelly was also removed on Thursday, as he was implicated and arrested with Ghosn. Nissan has created two separate committees as a reaction to the pair's removal, one to evaluate executive compensation at the company, and the other to identify potential replacements. One candidate for Ghosn's successor is believed to be Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa. For the time being, Ghosn remains the chairman and CEO of Renault, another member of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance. http://www.thedrive.com/news/25084/nissans-carlos...

20-year-old Naomi Osaka defeated American Serena Williams on Sept 8th to become the first Japanese player to claim a Grand Slam singles crown. What's that got to do with cars? Well, Nissan hopes it's the start of a champion's reign, and that Osaka will be the next Jordan, Willams, or Tiger.

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It doesn't hurt that she's a good looking young woman, and that she's haafu... so, making huge headlines and tons of free publicity (like the article you are reading right now) Naomi Osaka, who was born in Japan to a Haitian-born father and Japanese mother and raised in the United States since age 3, now has a GTR of her own, and a 3 year contract. Nissan is putting a lot of weight on there never being a tennis player from Japan to reach international stardom, and, well, there still isn't from what I just typed. Maybe this shows that very conservative country is loosening up a bit, or, just pouncing to try and get the next Tiger Woods, Serena Williams, Micheal Jordan, Lewis Hamilton, etc as their brand ambassador before anyone else does. Publicly at least � Japan is changing.  In 2015, Ariana Miyamoto became the first biracial woman crowned Miss Japan.  Then Priyanka Yoshikawa, who has Indian heritage, won Miss World Japan in 2016. The mega star level of brand ambassado...