WASHINGTON (Kyodo) Once a dedicated, industrious worker at Bank of Tokyo -- now Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ -- Atsumasa Tochisako was climbing the corporate ladder as an international banker with stints in Panama and Peru.
Tochisako also headed two special task forces in Tokyo to revive ailing trading companies and became the representative of the bank's Washington office before leaving it in 2003.
Now, with his financial expertise, the 52-year-old has launched a new initiative to help the fight against poverty in Latin America.