> Isn’t this fairly typical for Japanese corporations, that senior management might have their home paid for by the company?
There are also the funds paid to companies affiliated with his wife and son. Both Nissan and Renault’s Boards found these surprising, which is ultimately why he lost the latter’s support.
There are smells on both sides. The simplest explanation is Ghosn is dirty and the Japanese criminal justice system is biased. The fact that the former is now an international fugitive somewhat simplifies his criminality in most jurisdictions.
The CEO to rank and file pay disparity in Japanese companies has traditionally been much lower than in Western corporations, and the compensation of non-Japanese executives (of which there have been very few) has rankled the Japanese in the past. Paying for a condo in Tokyo is one thing, beach houses in Rio is another, this would be outrageous by Japanese standards if true.
You seem to basically be saying that we should consider Ghosn to be guilty of crimes because he was an outsider whose attitude wasn't sufficiently Japanese. To me this seems to reinforce his position, rather than yours.
There are smells coming from both sides of this dispute.