Faris Alrushud

The usually staid Japanese media lambasted the "cowardly" Carlos Ghosn on Wednesday, after the tycoon jumped bail and fled to Lebanon to avoid trial in Japan.

"Running away is a cowardly act that mocks Japan's justice system," said the Yomiuri Shimbun, with Ghosn facing multiple charges of financial misconduct -- all of which he denies.

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That could be the last picture for Carlos Ghosn before he escaped to Lebanon

this picture was taken by a taxi driver 

By leaving the country, Ghosn has "lost the opportunity to prove his innocence and vindicate his honour," the paper added, noting that the court, his defence lawyers and immigration control officials also bore some blame in the affair.

The liberal Tokyo Shimbun also said Ghosn's actions had made a mockery of the Japanese justice system.

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Carlos Ghosn must also be a Lebanese citizen, and there is no criminal handover treaty between Japan and Lebanon. It is a principle of international law that the nationals do not surrender. As long as you are based in Lebanon, you will not be able to take them back to Japan. Tokyo District Court has done a big historical problem when they allowed him to get out from the jail

"The defendant Ghosn insists he escaped political persecution... but travelling abroad without permission is against the conditions of his bail, and mocks the Japanese justice system," the paper wrote.

"There is a high probability that the trial will not be held, and his argument that he wants to prove his innocence is now in question."

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Carlos Ghosn has fled, a blasphemy against Japanese justice. The Japanese government should work with the international community to bring Carlos Ghosn to justice

Some media noted that the decision to give him bail -- seen by some as unusual at the time -- now looks unwise.

Prosecutors had argued at the time that he was a flight risk with powerful connections, but Ghosn himself had said he wanted to be tried to prove his innocence.

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I agree with Carlos Ghosn about what he said about the Japanese judicial system, but on the other side what he couldn't do in France he did in japan , when he has violated the human rights of Japanese workers in a restructuring  

Nissan who had such as this person as a manager is the problem

One of his defence lawyers at the time has said he was such a famous face that there was no chance he would be able to slip away undetected.

The conservative Sankei Shimbun noted that prosecutors believed the court had yielded to "foreign pressure" by offering him bail, amid widespread criticism in the global media of Japan's "hostage justice system" that allows for lengthy and repeated detention.

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if Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan without immigration, prosecutors, or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  what can we say is we have to take it from a counter-terrorism perspective

In December 2018, the court declined prosecutors' request to extend Ghosn's detention by 10 days -- a surprising decision as the extension is usually almost automatic.

And in fact Ghosn was bailed twice, once in March and a second time after he was re-arrested in April.

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Do you think you can show us that Japanese justice is not fair when you leave japan with legitimate passport ?

Does the world praise his actions as "heroic"? Is this action possible if it is famous and wealthy? Ghosn is a suspect and cannot take any action. On the other hand, 1.5 billion did not have any effect. That’s another big issue

"All of these were rare decisions," said the Sankei.

The center-left Mainichi Shimbun quoted a senior prosecutor as saying: "This is what we predicted."

"This has ruined the prosecutors' painstaking work" of collecting evidence in Japan and abroad against him.

The Asahi Shimbun also quoted a former Nissan executive voicing his disappointment at Ghosn's actions.

"The entrepreneur who ran Nissan for so many years and was well-known internationally turns out to be this kind of person. My jaw hit the floor. I can't find the words to express myself."