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the notice is issued for his wife, Carole, the couple's travel
chances outside of Lebanon may be restricted, Mainichi newspaper
said. Interpol has already issued an arrest warrant for Ghosn.
The request from Japan was made on Thursday, Mainichi and other
Japanese media said, quoting unnamed sources.
Officials at the Japanese justice ministry weren't immediately
available for comment.
Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against
Ghosn's wife for alleged perjury, as officials stepped up
efforts to bring the fugitive car industry boss back to face
trial on financial misconduct charges.
Ghosn, the former Nissan and Renault <RENA.PA> chairman, fled
Japan to Lebanon, his childhood home, last month as he awaited
trial on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust
and misappropriation of company funds, all of which he denies.
His dramatic escape has raised tensions between Japan and
Lebanon, where Ghosn slammed the Japanese justice system at a
two-hour news conference on Wednesday, prompting Japan's Justice
Minister to launch a rare and forceful public response.
Lebanon, which has no extradition agreement with Japan, may lift
a travel ban on Carlos Ghosn if files pertaining to his case do
not arrive from Japan within 40 days, caretaker justice minister
Albert Serhan said in a statement on Friday.
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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