Japan gov't, prosecutors shrug off fugitive Ghosn's "baseless" claims

The Japanese government, prosecutors and Nissan Motor Co. officials shrugged off Thursday claims made by the automaker's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn in his first press conference after fleeing from Japan, saying he failed to clear his name.Takahiro Saito, deputy chief of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, disputed the 65-year-old tycoon's claim that he had been interrogated for eight hours every day as "false."Of the around 130 days that he was detained, interrogations were conducted on more than 70 days, with an average time of a little less than four hours a day, Saito said at…READ FULL ARTICLE