Collision Course

Hans Greimel is an award-winning American business journalist based in Tokyo. He is the Asia Editor for Automotive News, where he oversees coverage from Japan, China, and South Korea. He has been writing about Nissan and the alliance for over a decade, and he has interviewed Carlos Ghosn several times, including one-on-one following Ghosn's arrest.

William Sposato is a Tokyo-based correspondent and consultant who has worked in Japan for over two decades, holding high positions at Reuters and the Wall Street Journal. He is currently a writer for Foreign Policy magazine and a regular contributor.

Even more stunning was his dramatic escape from Japan, when he was packed into a box and flown to Lebanon on a private jet after months in a Japanese prison cell subsisting on rice gruel.

This is the story of what happened before and after the Ghosn Shock. Ghosn spent two decades constructing a massive alliance between Nissan and Renault that appeared to be a new paradigm for global industry, but the alliance's gleaming image masks a shaky, stressful operation. Culture clashes, infighting among executives and engineers, competing business traditions, and political maneuvers all posed continual risks to the venture.

Journalists Hans Greimel and William Sposato have been following the topic closely, gaining access to crucial actors such as Ghosn himself. They are veteran Tokyo-based reporters who have witnessed the end of Japan's bubble economy and attempts to open Japan Inc. to the rest of the globe. They've witnessed the unravelling of keiretsu, Japan's traditional skein of business links, and covered various corporate scandals, the most notable of which being the Ghosn Shock and Ghosn's eventual escape.

Collision Course delves into the intricate questions around what and who was truly responsible for Ghosn's departure, as well as why one of the world's top leaders would risk everything to flee the nation. It explores how economics, history, national interests, cultural politics, and arrogance converged to squish the legacy of possibly the most important foreign businessman to ever set foot in Japan.

This thrilling, unforgettable story, full of fascinating characters, serves as a cautionary tale, object lesson, and forewarning of the increasing complexities of managing global business in a nationalistic world.

Author: Hans Greimel and William Sposato

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