Japan Today

In this week's news from Japan Today: Tokyo prosecutors formally charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn for financial misconduct and extended his detention until Dec 20; Japan’s ruling and opposition parties brawled in the Diet over the passing of a controversial bill; the kanji for disaster has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in 2018; a man was arrested for stabbing a woman in the back at a Tokyo train station plus a look at American women's rights and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger’s 1922 visit to Japan. https://japantoday.com/ Rate and review us: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/podcast/japan-today/id517133982?mt=2 Cool Things from Japan at the GaijinPot Store: https://store.gaijinpot.com/ This week's stories: Still Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-Kelly-formally-charged-over-financial-misconduct-Nissan-also-indicted https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Nissan-Ghosn-clash-over-Rio-apartment-filled-with-art-cash Brawliticians — https://japantoday