Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: While the life insurance association has the authority to work out the bail-out scheme, he said Hitachi and Nissan Motor might participate. "We cannot say that the Hitachi-Nissan group is entirely irrelevant, as they have been sending managers to Nissan Life," Fukuda said.

is