Nissan Scandal

Nissan chief executive Makoto Uchida told a Japanese court that the company's former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, had held too much power, failed to listen to others, and stayed on for too long

It said one employee had admitted to falsifying the records to keep Ghosn's name off the flight manifest, and that he acted "in his individual capacity"

Former Chairman Carlos Ghosn had filled both roles prior to his arrest in November for under-reporting his salary for eight years

Carlos Ghosn's arrest and subsequent indictment on three charges exposed rifts between Nissan and Renault which, together with Mitsubishi Motors, make up world's top-selling auto manufacturing group

It would be Ghosn's first public appearance since he was arrested on Nov. 19 on allegations of financial misconduct

The Nikkei last week reported that Nissan through a British Virgin Island unit of a Dutch venture fund subsidiary bought and renovated homes for Ghosn

The automaker produced 1.015 million vehicles in Japan in its last fiscal year to March

The announcement comes weeks after the company announced the major recall of its vehicles