Nissan's old guard reversed his "Gaijin & # 39; savior, and Japan Inc may be worse for it – Business News

Empire has returned. Japan Inc and Nissan Motor returned last year against the French government, carmaker Renault and Carlos Ghosn.

The narrative spelled by Nissan and apparently condoned by the Japanese authorities is that the former high-ranking leader of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Motor alliance abused his position to enrich.

The truth seems to be quite different and it appears to be coming out as "Affaire Ghosn" unfolds. It threatens to make as much damage to the reputation of the government and industry alliance known as Japan Inc as the man in the center of affair.

It has been said that Ghosn had become a national hero in Japan before falling from grace. But it's almost impossible. Nobody can really be a hero in Japan, unless they are of Japanese origin, and as the Japanese says, "the nail that sticks up is turned down."

Ghosn is of Lebanese, French and Brazilian extraction, the kind of exotic mix that sometimes produces excellent people. In Japan, he is primarily a Gaijin (foreigner) and the Japanese business world is not comfortable to have foreigners and how to do things. ̵[ads1]1; SCMP

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Nissan's old guard knocked back to their "Gaijin & # 39; savior, and Japan Inc may be worse for it