Carlos Ghosn, formerly Nissan Chief, is on Twitter
TOKYO – Carlos Ghosn is on Twitter and he's ready to talk.
The regretted, former car performer said on a new verified account on Wednesday that he was to hold a press conference next week. Mr. Ghosn did not disclose details, but he will probably discuss the events surrounding his fall from the top of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi auto alliance, an event that shook the global automotive industry and sparked a fresh new light on perhaps the industry's best known leader.
"I'm ready to tell the truth about what's going on," said Ghosn, in English and Japanese. "Press conference Thursday 11 April."
A spokesman confirmed that the new Twitter account belonged to Mr. Ghosn.
Herr. Ghosn turned to Nissan, who had been lost in loss, after Renault from France infected billions of dollars into the company in 1999. Finally, he watched the broad alliance between the French and Japanese companies, which grew in 2016 to include Mitsubishi Motors of Japan. His alliance leadership, which produces about 10 million cars a year, gave him a reputation as an exchange expert who could make businesses work beyond borders in a more globalized era.
This legacy has become hard in recent months. Mr. Ghosn was arrested in November by the Japanese authorities for suspected financial error, and he spent more than three months in a Tokyo prison before being issued bail last month. He is now facing criminal charges, filed by prosecutors claiming that he implied his compensation and mistakenly changed personal investment losses on the company's books.
Meanwhile, Nissan has beaten his former savior. In a report issued last week, a Nissan-appointed panel said that found a number of corporate governance errors at the company. It owed Mr. Ghosn for the deficiencies and said he had accumulated too much authority and made it difficult for internal displays to find fault.
Mr. Ghosn has said that he is innocent and that his compensation and expenses were approved by others at Nissan. He has blamed his concern on Nissan leaders as he says conspired to prevent him from bringing the Japanese company closer to Renault.
Mr. Ghosn gave two interviews while in prison, and his new law party held a press conference last month after they were appointed. But he has had a low profile since he was issued on bail, when he wore what looked like a cross-guard uniform and a surgical mask when he left the facility. One of his lawyers later regrets the explanation.
However, Nissan leaders have given interviews where they criticized Mr. Ghosn, while headlines in Japan and elsewhere have focused on claims of financial profit under Mr. Ghosn's leadership. In a statement, Mr. Ghosn has called the claims "part of an unsubstantiated smear campaign".
