Carlos Ghosn shakes up his top legal team, hires Junichiro Hironaka

In latest twist to a saga that has gripped Japan and business world since his stunning arrest in November, Ghosn confirmed in a statement from his detention centre that he had hired a new lead counsel

Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn Wednesday shook up his top legal team as he vowed to prove his innocence and defend himself with vigour against charges of financial misconduct.

In the latest twist to a saga that has gripped Japan and the business world since his stunning arrest in November, Ghosn confirmed in a statement from his detention centre that he had hired a new lead counsel.

He replaced former prosecutor Motonari Otsuru with hot-shot lawyer Junichiro Hironaka, who has a history of taking on high-profile cases and enjoys an enviable acquittal rate in a country where almost every trial