March 11, Monday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Mariko Kojima

  1. People in Japan will take a moment to pause and remember the lives lost eight years after a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident devastated the country.
  2. Nissan Motor’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn is seeking permission from the Tokyo District Court to attend the company’s board meeting on Tuesday.
  3. Ethiopian Airlines says the pilot of a crashed passenger plane had reported a problem and asked to turn back before the aircraft went down near Addis Ababa on Sunday.