In this week's news from Japan Today: Tokyo prosecutors formally charged ousted Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn for financial misconduct and extended his detention until Dec 20; Japan’s ruling and opposition parties brawled in the Diet over the passing of a controversial bill; the kanji for disaster has been chosen as the character best representing Japan in 2018; a man was arrested for stabbing a woman in the back at a Tokyo train station plus a look at American women's rights and birth control advocate Margaret Sanger’s 1922 visit to Japan.

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This week's stories:

Still Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-Kelly-formally-charged-over-financial-misconduct-Nissan-also-indicted

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Nissan-Ghosn-clash-over-Rio-apartment-filled-with-art-cash

Brawliticians — https://japantoday.com/category/national/As-Japan-OKs-law-to-let-more-foreigners-in-tiny-rural-town-wants-to-go-further

Kanji of the Year — https://japantoday.com/category/national/(disaster)-chosen-as-kanji-character-best-representing-2018

Backstabber — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/man-arrested-for-stabbing-woman-near-train-station-in-tokyo

Dangerous Thoughts — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/Birth-control-advocate-Margaret-Sanger-brings-'dangerous-thoughts'-to-Japan-in-1922