Carlos Ghosn in Wonderland

The case against the former Nissan CEO gets no stronger with age.

Carlos Ghosn finally received 10 minutes in a Japanese courtroom Tuesday, and the prosecution case against him looks no better now than it did when the former Nissan CEO was arrested way back on Nov. 19. One of the strangest cases in the history of international business gets curiouser and curiouser.

Readers may recognize the “Alice in Wonderland” reference above, and there certainly is a “sentence first, verdict afterwards” quality to the Ghosn proceeding. The man who was a folk hero in Japan for saving Nissan has so far...