all right, so, masashi, we're gonna start with you. a lot has been made this year over the lack of diversity in hollywood. and a lot of people don't realize that is not just affecting african-americans, but also asian-americans, and in a different way. can you explain that? >> yeah, absolutely. well, the "oscars so white" started in january, february, when the nominations came out for the academy awards and there were really no people of color being nominated for some of the big awards. and so not only african-americans, but all people of color were really frustrated about this. and then, for people who watched the oscars, they saw so many kind of targeted jokes towards asian-americans that, i think, as a community, it was kind of a stand-up moment where we all thought, "wait a minute. the moment where the whole world is watching and have eyes on this kind of event, the fact that asian-americans are still the butt of jokes is very problematic." and since then, we've had a lot of films that are being made that have caucasians being port

president and ceo masashi muromachi has been in office for less than a year.e took on the job last july after an accounting scandal at the company. >> translator: i've always felt responsibility as a top executive for emergency measures like cutting jobs and unloading unprofitable divisions, as well as slashing employee bonuses and managers' salaries. >> muromachi's replacement will be satoshi tsunakawa, the company's senior executive vice president. he has been in charge of business planning since last year. his appointment is expected to be approved by shareholders in late june. >> translator: we will concentrate on core businesses and improve our financial base as the first priority. i want to overcome this difficulty together with employees, managers, and stakeholders. >> the executives say the decision to replace the ceo is based on advice from a panel of outside directors. >>> japan's foreign minister fumio kishida pledged continued support to improve vietnam's infrastructure and human resources. kishida co-chaired the annual meeting of the bilateral coo