U.S. court rejects appeal to avoid extradition to Japan over Ghosn escape

A U.S. federal court on Thursday rejected an appeal to avoid the extradition of two men to Japan to face charges for allegedly helping former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country.The decision came after the State Department approved in October Tokyo's request to hand over the two men -- Michael Taylor, a 60-year-old former Green Beret, and his 27-year-old son Peter Taylor, both of whom were arrested in the United States in May.The Taylors' lawyers immediately appealed the ruling by the court in Massachusetts to a higher court in Boston.They had claimed the Japanese government…READ FULL ARTICLE