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Japanese court upholds conviction of American who helped fugitive former Nissan chief hide pay

Yuri Kageyama, AP

February 4, 2025

Greg Kelly, a lawyer and former executive vice president at Nissan Motor Corp, was convicted in 2022 on charges related to only one of eight years during which prosecutors said he under-reported Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s income.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, Nissan

In The Anti-Union South, Organized Labor’s Promises Run Up Against Fears Of Losing A Good Thing

Blake Farmer

August 11, 2017

Listen The United Automobile Workers just can’t seem to get a big win in the South. After years of organizing at a Nissan plant in Mississippi, the vote a week ago went down just like it had twice before at its flagship plant in Smyrna. The UAW claims worker intimidation is a big factor. But […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nissan, UAW

Nissan Asks The UAW To ‘Cease Their Efforts To Divide’ Workers After Failed Union Vote

Blake Farmer

August 5, 2017

Franklin-based Nissan North America wants the United Auto Workers to back off. Late Friday night, totals were released for the recent union election at Nissan’s plant in Canton, Miss., and workers voted 2-to-1 to reject UAW representation. Nissan said “the voice of Nissan employees have been heard.”

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nissan, UAW

Nissan Links Up With NASA To Develop Driverless Car

Blake Farmer

January 9, 2015

In a joint announcement, Nissan and NASA officials say they will have prototypes ready to test by the end of the year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Nissan

Nissan’s Smyrna-Made Vehicles Hit Record Territory For August

Blake Farmer

September 3, 2014

Franklin-based Nissan North America is celebrating big sales gains for August, and its top performers are built in Smyrna.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: General Motors, Nissan, Volkswagen

Nissan Turns To 80s Glam Metal Frontman To Sell Commercial Vans

Blake Farmer

July 31, 2014

Ford Trucks has Toby Keith. Chevy has Tim Allen. And for its tough-guy spokesman, Franklin-based Nissan North America has hired Bret Michaels – front-man for the metal band Poison.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Bret Michaels, Nissan

Nissan’s Infiniti Opens First Dedicated Plant – And It’s In Tennessee

Blake Farmer

June 26, 2014

Executives and dignitaries marked the start of a new engine line in Decherd Thursday. The standalone building is a step out from the Nissan nest.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Decherd, Infiniti, Nissan

What If The UAW Wins At Volkswagen?

Blake Farmer

February 14, 2014

Votes will be tallied late Friday night in the closely-watched union election at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant. If the United Auto Workers prevail, other foreign-owned auto plants in the South may be looking over their shoulder.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Gary Casteel, Mike Sparks, Nissan, United Auto Workers, Volkswagen

Nissan’s Biggest Supplier Will Soon Be More American Than Japanese

Blake Farmer

September 3, 2013

Nissan’s largest auto supplier will soon have a bigger presence in the U.S. than it does anywhere else in the world, including its home country of Japan. Calsonic Kansei North America is adding 1,200 jobs in Tennessee, primarily to keep up with U.S. production of the Rogue and Murano SUV’s.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Calsonic Kansei, Motohiko Kato, Nissan

Nissan Bets On Indian Middle Class For Datsun Revival

Bradley George

July 15, 2013

The Nissan-owned Datsun brand is coming back…at least in India. Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn unveiled the new model at a ceremony in New Delhi today.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Carlos Ghosn, datsun, Nissan

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