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Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda Chief Executive Toshihiro Mibe shake hands during a joint news conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda say they plan to share components for electric vehicles like batteries and jointly research software for autonomous driving. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan rivals Nissan and Honda will share EV components and AI research as they play catch up

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida, left, and Honda President Toshihiro Mibe attend a joint news conference in Tokyo, Friday, March 15, 2024. Nissan and Honda announced Friday that they will work together in developing electric vehicles and auto intelligence technology, sectors where Japanese automakers have fallen behind. (Kyodo News via AP)

Honda and Nissan agree to work together in developing electric vehicles and intelligent technology

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Masashi Matsuyama, vice president of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and president of Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. speaks during a press conference to announce joint research with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Nissan is expanding its research ties with the leading Chinese university as it and other foreign car companies in China try to claw back market share from the country's burgeoning electric vehicle manufacturers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Automaker Nissan expands research ties in China as part of bid to regain market share

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Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Tokyo. Nearly three years later, Kelly is still wondering why the questions that led to his arrest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker's corporate boardroom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Ex-Nissan exec Greg Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

This Dec. 30, 2019, image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Americans Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor go on trial in Tokyo on Monday, June 14, 2021, on suspicion they helped Nissan former Chairman Carlos Ghosn skip bail in Japan and escape to Lebanon in December 2019. (DHA via AP, File)

Americans stand trial in Japan, accused in Carlos Ghosn’s escape

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly arrives for the first trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo. Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn has backed his former colleague American lawyer Kelly's insistence on his innocence of any wrongdoing. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File)

American on trial in Japan gets support from ex-boss Ghosn

By Yuri Kageyama and Jeffrey Schaeffer - Associated Press

Japan sets June trial for Americans accused in Ghosn escape

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co.'s executive Greg Kelly speaks during an interview in Tokyo. The trial of former Nissan executive Kelly in a Tokyo court is increasingly focusing on a rift between Nissan Motor Co. and its French alliance partner. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Nissan-Renault rift at center of Japanese trial of American

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Japanese prosecutors have charged two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, in connection with the escape of former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon. (DHA via AP, File)

Japan charges Americans with helping Ghosn flee, jump bail

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Yoichi Kitamura, the defense lawyer for Greg Kelly, who is on trial in Japan on charges related to former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s compensation, speaks to The Associated Press at his Tokyo office Friday, March 5, 2021. The lawyer for former Nissan Motor Co.'s executive Kelly, said his client was merely trying to prevent Ghosn from going to a rival automaker. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)

AP Interview: Lawyer says Kelly innocent of Ghosn pay scheme

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A man, left, who appears to be Michael Taylor, arrives at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Two Americans suspected of helping former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn skip bail and escape to Lebanon in December 2019 have been extradited to Japan. Taylor and his son Peter had been held in a suburban Boston jail since May. They were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday and were due to arrive in Tokyo on Tuesday. (Kyodo News via AP)

US men accused of helping Ghosn flee arrive in Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn holds a press conference at the Maronite Christian Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, as he launches an initiative to help Lebanon that is undergoing a severe economic and financial crisis, in Kaslik, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Two Americans suspected of helping Ghosn skip bail and escape to Lebanon in December 2019 have been extradited to Japan. Michael Taylor and his son Peter were handed over to Japanese custody on Monday, March 1, 2021 and were due to arrive in Tokyo on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

EXPLAINER: Japan to try US men accused of helping Ghosn flee

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

2 Americans wanted in Ghosn’s escape in Japanese custody

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, then Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference in the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Former Nissan Chief Executive Saikawa told a Japanese court Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, he believed the compensation for his predecessor Carlos Ghosn was too low “by international standards,” and so he supported Ghosn’s retirement packages to prevent him from leaving. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Nissan ex-CEO tells Japanese court Ghosn’s pay was too low

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

High court denies accused Ghosn smugglers’ bid to stay in US

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

Ex-Nissan boss’ accused smugglers seek Supreme Court’s help

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

Court won’t delay extradition of 2 nabbed in Ghosn’s escape

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE—This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Taylor is accused of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in 2019 while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. (DHA via AP, File)

Man wanted in Carlos Ghosn’s escape accuses US of ‘betrayal’

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE - This Dec. 30, 2019 image from security camera video shows Michael L. Taylor, center, and George-Antoine Zayek at passport control at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. A U.S. judge on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 cleared the way for the extradition of an American father and son wanted by Japan for smuggling former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country while he was awaiting trial. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani rejected a request to block the U.S. from handing Michael Taylor and his son, Peter Taylor, over to Japan. (DHA via AP)

Judge OKs extradition of 2 wanted in ex-Nissan boss’ escape

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Ex-Nissan exec says automaker sought to hide Ghosn’s pay

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press