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Nomura CEO, Kenichi Watanabe (L), and Nomura Securities president Koji Nagai bow their heads to apologise at the company's headquarters in Tokyo last month
Reeling from an insider trading scandal, Nomura Holdings yesterday announced the resignation of Kenichi Watanabe as the chief executive officer of Japan’s top brokerage.