machida said he says he plans to -- said he plans to unveil a turnaround plan in may.meantime, he is he is focusing on cost cuts. >> when i look at the individual nissan ability, it is much more than what i know today. so therefore i am saying that once you have very good companies way of working for a while directionally how we , can set up properly, the result will be much better than what we are showing in terms of performance. >> in terms of cost cutting, which everyone likes to talk about what sort of investment to , -- do you think needs to be made? >> with investment there are many kinds of areas. for instance, for our human assets. that is continuously what we have to seek for. and also when we talk about the new business and what direction nissan, the competency has to be further enhanced. then definitely will be the area we have to further invest. >> as you consider everything that has happened with nissan over the past 18 months, it is not an easy challenge for any executive. you have just come on at the end of 2019. can you tell us a little bit about how yo

ceo machida sat down with reed stevenson for his first exclusive interview since taking over the troubledmber 2019. hehita says she plans -- plans to unveil a turnaround plan. he is focusing on cost cuts. >> when i look at the individual nissan ability, it is much more than what i know today. i am saying that once you have very good companies working directionally how we can set up properly, the result will be much better than what we are --wing in terms of >> in terms of cost cutting, what sort of investment to you think needs to be made? >> there are many kinds of areas. for instance, for our human assets. when we talk about the new business and what direction nissan, the competency has to be enhanced. >> as you consider everything that is happened over the past 18 months, it is not an easy challenge for any executive. you have just come on at the end of 2019. can you tell us about how you whether itnge and has changed your view on whether success is reachable? it is probably going to be absolutely necessary, but was there anything that surprised you about the scale of the challenges fa