March 5, Tuesday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Hiroko Kitadai and Ms. Fumiko Konoe

  1. The Tokyo District Court has granted bail to Nissan Motor’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn.
  2. Chinese leaders have set the country’s growth target for this year at 6 to 6.5 percent.
  3. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed readiness to hold summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the abduction issue.