Ghosn's Japan Lawyer: Questioning Averaged 7 Hours a Day

Takashi Takano, center, and Carlos Ghosn, right, exit the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 25, 2019. — Takashi Takano, center, and Carlos Ghosn, right, exit the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, April 25, 2019.
Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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By Associated Press

January 12, 2020 at 4:57 AM UTC

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Tokyo (AP) -- A lawyer for former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan, said his client was questioned an average of seven hours a day without a lawyer present.

Takashi Takano said on his blog post Saturday the questioning continued through weekends, Thanksgiving and Christmas.