J.p. morgan chase & co. executives say the firm 's newly approved securities venture in mainland china is the latest piece in its growing asian-pacific platform and a critical part of a push to globalize the u.s. bank .
Tan soon keong , a student , speaks five languages - english , japanese , mandarin , cantonese and hokkien - has an engineering degree , and three years of work experience in his native malaysia , a track record that would seem to be invaluable to japanese companies seeking to globalize their businesses .