An internal investigation by the OEM found he had been overpaid by 90 million yen ($841,000) via stock appreciation rights, including tax adjustments.

Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa said most of the jobs cut will be auto plant workers. He did not give a regional breakdown, ... SBI Securities Co. analyst Koji Endo told Bloomberg News.

In this Sept. 9, 2019 file photo, then Nissan Chief Executive Hiroto Saikawa speaks during a press conference in the automaker's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara ...

Koji Sasahara/Associated Press. By Ben Dooley. June 25, 2019; ... Mr. Saikawa apologized on Tuesday to shareholders gathered at a hotel in Yokohama, where Nissan is based, ...

Nissan Motor Co is not currently considering asking embattled CEO Hiroto Saikawa to resign, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday, a day after he admitted to being ...