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This new cluster, to be led by Marc Luet, includes the bank's markets in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan.

Kunio Watanabe, most recently executive chairman of Nomura Holding America, has become BNY Mellon's Japan country executive and representative for its Tokyo Branch.

With many eyes on China, exporting softer consumer prices from one economy to another is not an ideal solution for central banks facing an uncertain inflationary outlook. After its first rate hike in years, investors could look to Japan for lessons.

Masahiko Ishida started the role at the beginning of the year and is aiming to support multinationals in Japan, as Lance Miller retires from the firm.

Wang, who joins from Citibank, will lead MUFG China’s non-Japanese client coverage teams for its corporate banking portfolio, comprising local and global corporates, Chinese SOEs and financial institutional clients.

Ryoya (Tera) Terasawa joins the firm as head of Japan, while a promotion sees Chitra Hepburn take responsibility for South and Southeast Asia.

Japan finds itself at an inflection point, with equities finally back up to 1990 levels, and inflation on the rise after decades of deflation. But impending policy decisions by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will test the market’s resilience.

Eliza Ng and Kanta Murata take on new senior management roles across Southeast Asia and Japan, respectively.

Japanese stocks have hit their highest level in decades. FinanceAsia sister title, AsianInvestor, asks industry experts how much longer the optimism can hold.