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Carole Ghosn is in Lebanon with her husband, according to CNN affiliate TV Asahi. He has denied reports that his family members were involved in helping him flee from Tokyo last week.
A friend of the family said Carole Ghosn had never been arrested or charged, and accused Japanese authorities of "trying to intimidate an innocent woman."
Ghosn is widely expected to hold a press conference in Beirut on Wednesday.
On Sunday, Justice Minister Masako Mori said Ghosn had left the country "illegally by unjust methods," and she ordered Japan's immigration department to "further tighten" rules for leaving the country "so that the same situation won't be repeated."
Japan's ambassador to Lebanon, Takeshi Okubo, raised Ghosn's case with Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday. Aoun said the Lebanese government had no involvement in the incident and pledged "unstinting cooperation" to Japan, the Japanese ambassador said in a statement.
Ghosn has repeatedly denied the charges, claiming that his arrest was part of a plot to remove him from the business empire he had built.
Before fleeing to Lebanon, the former auto executive had been under strict bail conditions in Tokyo, which included no contact with his wife. On Tuesday, the Tokyo district court said that Ghosn's 1.5 billion ($13.8 million) bail had been forfeited, the highest forfeited sum ever, according to local broadcaster NHK.
Ghosn holds French, Brazilian and Lebanese citizenship.
— CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki, Anna-Maja Rappard and Chris Liakos contributed to this report.