Media: Nissan 'drives out' Ghosn as chairman

TOKYO - Nissan board members have sacked disgraced Carlos Ghosn as chairman, local media reported on Thursday, following marathon talks over the future of the once-revered tycoon.

Public broadcaster NHK and business daily Nikkei both said the seven-member board had decided to remove the 64-year-old from the top of the firm he has led for almost two decades.

Nissan's 19-year alliance with Renault, enlarged in 2016 to include Japan's Mitsubishi Motors, has been rattled to its core by Ghosn's arrest in Japan on Monday, with the group chairman and industry star accused of financial misconduct.