TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors on Thursday issued arrest warrants for three Americans suspected of helping the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn flee the country, where he was awaiting trial on charges of financial wrongdoing.

Mr. Ghosn surprised the world, and embarrassed the Japanese authorities, when he slipped out of his home in Tokyo in late December and turned up a day later in Lebanon.

Prosecutors want to arrest Michael Taylor, 59, a former Green Beret; his son, Peter Maxwell Taylor, 26; and George Antoine Zayek, 60. The warrant said they had helped Mr. Ghosn avoid immigration checks and board a private jet in Osaka that took him to Turkey on the first leg of his escape.

They also issued a new warrant for the arrest of Mr. Ghosn, who “illegally left the country” without notifying the immigration authorities.