In this week's news from Japan Today: The arrest of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dominates the news; the Japanese ruling party ushered in a bill proposing two new statuses of visa that could allow up to 345,000 blue-collar workers in to help a labor shortage; the U.S. State of Kansas will stop issuing license plates with letters making up an offensive term for the Japanese; a woman was arrested for leaving her elderly father — who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease — at a freeway rest stop and a new trend in “compensated dating” for young men is grabbing tabloid headlines.

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This weeks stories:

Ghosn Daddy Ghosn — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Japanese-prosecutors-say-they-will-detain-Ghosn-as-long-as-needed

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Ghosn-allegedly-shifted-personal-investment-loss-of-%C2%A51.7-bil-to-Nissan

Foreign Labor — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/update4-ruling-bloc-pushes-bill-to-expand-foreign-labor-through-lower-house

Vanity Plates — https://japantoday.com/category/national/kansas-stops-issuing-license-plates-with-offensive-term-for-japanese

Daddy Day Care — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/woman-arrested-for-leaving-father-with-alzheimer%E2%80%99s-at-expressway-parking-area

Japanese Gigolo — https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/rise-of-the-'mama-katsu'%E2%80%93-women-handing-out-favors-to-young-men-they-meet-on-sns