Carlos Ghosn

 Japxan looking at escape of ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlWwUmXrRhY

The Japanese government promised to make its border controls stronger. This is because of how easy it was for someone on bail to escape the country. Ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn fled Japan to Lebanon on December the 30th. Courts in Tokyo were waiting to put Mr Ghosn on trial for fraud. Ghosn escaped from Japan even though the police had his three passports. Japan's justice minister, Masako Mori, said Japan would strengthen its border departure checks. She also said she would review bail conditions. Ms Mori told reporters that she has already taken actions to prevent anyone else on bail leaving the country. She said: "I have instructed the immigration agency to further tighten the departure process."

It is still unclear how Mr Ghosn escaped from Japan. There were security cameras at his home that operated for 24 hours a day. News sources say he took a bullet train from Tokyo to get to the airport. He then hid in the case of a double bass. He chose a regional airport where security was not so tight. He then flew from Osaka to Turkey and then on to Lebanon, apparently without a passport. However, Lebanese officials said he entered Lebanon legally on Monday with a French passport. He has not been seen since. The international crime agency Interpol has created a "wanted" notice for Mr Ghosn. Japan cannot ask Lebanon to return Mr Ghosn because there is no extradition treaty.

And speaking of the automobile industry , China is set to become the world's largest automobile exporter for the first time. In the first quarter of this year, China surpassed traditional car-making giants Japan and Germany for the first time. Chinese manufacturers exported more than 1.06 million vehicles in the first quarter of 2023. In doing so, they overtook Japan's number of 1.05 million. China's car industry has made great strides in the past few years. Throughout the 2010s, it managed to produce around a million cars a year. That doubled to two million in 2021 and then tripled to three million a year later. China is forecast to more than quadruple production numbers from just four years ago to become the world's largest auto exporter.

China is becoming the world's largest manufacturer of electric vehicles (EVs). Elon Musk's Tesla has a giant "gigafactory" in China. It has a capacity of 1.25 million vehicles a year, but is yet to reach maximum output. The plant exports a large volume of Tesla cars to Canada, Europe and Japan. However, Tesla is about to lose its crown as the world's largest EV maker to a Chinese company called BYD. Last month, BYD launched a compact EV called Seagull, with a starting price of $11,000. The top three countries that China exports cars to are Russia, the United States and Mexico. Exports to Russia have been boosted by Western countries imposing trade sanctions on Moscow.

Warm-ups

1. RETURN: Students A strongly believe Carols Ghosn should be returned to Japan; Students B strongly believe he shouldn't.

2. ESCAPE: How could these things help someone escape from somewhere? How effective are they? Complete this table .

	How?	Effectiveness
A double bass case
A wig
A fake passport
A big drone
Money
The Internet

3. CEO: What do you know about each of these. Put the best company to be CEO of at the top and explain why.  

• Nissan
• Disney
• Apple
• Starbucks
• Chanel
• Wikipedia
• Sony
• Amazon

4. CARS: What do you know and think about the cars from these countries? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	What I Know	What I Think
Chinese cars
German cars
Japanese cars
Korean cars
American cars
Italian cars French Cars

 

5.Vocabulary

    Paragraph 1

1.	promised	a.	The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
2.	border	b.	The short-term release of someone who is waiting to go to court, sometimes with money paid for that release.
3.	bail	c.	Acting illegally to get money.
4.	escape	d.	Said you would 100% do something or that something would happen.
5.	fraud	e.	The action of leaving somewhere, especially to start a journey.
6.	departure	f.	A line in between two countries or areas.
7.	immigration	g.	Get away or get free from somewhere or someone.

    Paragraph 2

8.	operated	h.	As what someone knows or can see, but maybe not true.
9.	source	i.	In a way that is OK within the law.
10.	regional	j.	A signed agreement or deal between countries.
11.	apparently	k.	A person who provides information.
12.	legally	l.	Something that tells people about something or warns them about something.
13.	notice	m.	About a particular area of a country or the world.
14.	treaty	n.	Worked.

 

    Paragraph 3

1.	set	a.	Became three times as much or as many.
2.	quarter	b.	One of four three-month periods of the financial year.
3.	surpassed	c.	A thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, bus, etc.
4.	vehicle	d.	Ready or likely to.
5.	made great strides	e.	Increase or be increased fourfold.
6.	tripled	f.	Exceeded; was greater than.
7.	quadruple	g.	Progressed or advanced a lot.

    Paragraph 4

8.	manufacturer	h.	The amount of something produced by a person, machine, or industry.
9.	gigafactory	i.	The amount of something that something can produce.
10.	capacity	j.	A small car.
11.	output	k.	A person or company that makes goods for sale.
12.	crown	l.	A really, really, really big building in which to make things.
13.	compact	m.	Actions taken by countries to get another country to stop doing something or change its behaviour.
14.	sanctions	n.	The role of being the best at or top of something.

6. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. promised
2. easy
3. fraud
4. instructed
5. unclear
6. chose
7. apparently
8. legally
9. treaty

1. agreement
2. uncertain
3. selected
4. simple
5. lawfully
6. vowed
7. directed
8. seemingly
9. cheating
10. 
    

7.Role play

Role  A – Nissan You think Nissan would be the best company to be CEO of. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their countries. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Disney, Apple or Chanel.

Role  B – Disney You think Disney would be the best company to be CEO of. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their countries. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Nissan, Apple or Chanel.

Role  C – Apple You think Apple would be the best company to be CEO of. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their countries. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Disney, Nissan or Chanel.

Role  D – Chanel You think Chanel would be the best company to be CEO of. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their countries. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): Disney, Apple or Nissan.

 

8.Discussion - Carlos Ghosn

1. What did you think when you read the headline?
2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'border'?
3. What do you know about Carlos Ghosn?
4. What are your country's borders like?
5. How important are borders?
6. How can someone escape from a country?
7. How many passports would you like?
8. How can borders be more secure?
9. What are your experiences of immigration?
10. Why do you think Carlos Ghosn fled Japan?

11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'escape'?
13. What do you think about what you read?
14. How embarrassing is Carlos Ghosn's escape from Japan?
15. What would you like to escape from in life?
16. What should Interpol do if they catch Carlos Ghosn?
17. How did the airport let Carlos Ghosn escape in a double bass case?
18. Would you be good at escaping from somewhere?
19. Do you think Lebanon should send Mr Ghosn back to Japan?
20. What questions would you like to ask Carlos Ghosn?