BTMU's new president

BTMU's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Hirano (R), deputy president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Katsunori Nagayasu, its president, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2012. The leading Japanese bank said the same day that Hirano will be promoted to president on April 1, replacing Nagayasu, who will become chairman.

BTMU's new president

BTMU's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Nobuyuki Hirano, deputy president of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. The leading Japanese bank said Jan. 30, 2012, that Hirano will be promoted to president on April 1, replacing Katsunori Nagayasu, who will become chairman.

Top 6 banks post FY 2009 net profits totaling 1.13 tril. yen

Top 6 banks post FY 2009 net profits totaling 1.13 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (L), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2009 at the headquarters of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. Japan's top six banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ, secured profits in fiscal 2009 ending March with a combined group net profit of 1.13 trillion yen.

FOCUS: Airlines hoping Haneda-Beijing route may become gold mine

FOCUS: Airlines hoping Haneda-Beijing route may become gold mine

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai, Parliamentary Secretary for Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Takashi Nagayasu, All Nippon Airways President Shinichiro Ito and Japan Airlines President Haruka Nishimatsu celebrate the opening of a charter flight route between Haneda airport and Beijing airport Oct. 25 at a ''kagami-biraki'' ceremony at Haneda airport.

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (R), the newly nominated president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), the newly nominated chairman, speak to the press in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the bank announced the top-level management change. Nagayasu is currently vice president, and Kuroyanagi the president. The two will assume their new posts on April 1.

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

Nagayasu to head Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ from April 1

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (R), the newly nominated president of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Nobuo Kuroyanagi (L), the newly nominated chairman, speak to the press in Tokyo on Jan. 16 after the bank announced the top-level management change. Nagayasu is currently vice president, and Kuroyanagi the president. The two will assume their new posts on April 1. (Kyodo)

Top 6 banks post FY 2009 net profits totaling 1.13 tril. yen

Top 6 banks post FY 2009 net profits totaling 1.13 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Katsunori Nagayasu (L), president of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for fiscal 2009 at the headquarters of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on May 18, 2010. Japan's top six banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ, secured profits in fiscal 2009 ending March with a combined group net profit of 1.13 trillion yen. (Kyodo)

BTMU's new president

BTMU's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Hirano (R), deputy president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Katsunori Nagayasu, its president, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2012. The leading Japanese bank said the same day that Hirano will be promoted to president on April 1, replacing Nagayasu, who will become chairman. (Kyodo)

BTMU's new president

BTMU's new president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Nobuyuki Hirano, deputy president of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. The leading Japanese bank said Jan. 30, 2012, that Hirano will be promoted to president on April 1, replacing Katsunori Nagayasu, who will become chairman. (Kyodo)