Tokyo prosecutors filed charges against Nissan and Carlos Ghosn for allegedly understating the ex-chairman’s pay in financial documents and re-arrested him on new charges in a process that could extend his detention to December 30.

The indictment on Monday came on the final day of Mr Ghosn’s 22-day detention period after he was arrested and ousted from the Japanese car group in a dramatic downfall for the 64-year-old architect of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.