The UK's energy partner.

Learn more at equinore.

Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, January 2nd. Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.

Today is Thursday, January 2nd.

And this is your FT news briefing.

The FT reports that Lebanon pushed for Carlos Gone's return

one week before he escaped Japan.

And Google Health has created a system that can spot breast cancer more accurately than radiologists.

Plus we'll take a look at what's behind the profound changes Japan's labor market is

experiencing. I'm Mark Filipino and here's the news you need to start your day.

Earlier this week, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Gone managed to dodge round-the-clock surveillance by Tokyo prosecutors and left Japan for Beirut. It turns out he had been planning this for months. And according to new FT reporting, Lebanon had requested Mr.

Gohn's return one week before his well coordinated escape.

The FT's Leo Lewis has more.

The escape was timed superbly, really, because it coincided with a very significant sort of annual shutdown that Japan undergoes around New

Year which it's still under and in that kind of void of information it's pretty natural really that the speculation has landed on the idea

that this was a very complicated operation that Carlos Gone will have needed a good deal of assistance in some

way and some have speculated of course that he may have had the assistance in some way and some have speculated of course that he may have had

the assistance in some direct or indirect way of foreign government possibly the

Lebanese government and then we sort of landed on the fact that there had been a

visit to Beirut on December the 20th by the

Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, he'd met a number of very very senior Lebanese

...