Ghosn took bullet train to Osaka en route to Lebanon: Kyodo.

Carlos Ghosn, the ousted Nissan boss who's now the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant, began his astonishing escape from Japan on a bullet train, it was reported on Monday (January 6).

According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo, he made the journey - possibly accompanied by several people - between Tokyo and Osaka, before fleeing the country for Lebanon, his childhood home.

Japanese authorities also said on Monday they may still press for Ghosn's extradition from Lebanon to face multiple charges of financial wrongdoing - even though the country doesn't normally extradite its nationals.

The Kyodo news agency said security cameras captured Ghosn leaving his home in Tokyo on 29 December and arriving some hours later at Tokyo's Shinagawa Station. He then reportedly took the train to Shin Osaka Station.

The international fugitive then went by car to a hotel near Osaka's Kansai International Airport where he boarded a private jet, the news agency said.

Ghosn was forbidden from leaving Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, which he denies.

But he fled at the end of last year to escape what he called a "rigged" justice system.