J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s global real assets business in Tokyo has appointed an Executive Director and Senior Investment officer for real estate acquisitions in Japan. 

Daisuke Noguchi took up his position, a newly created one, earlier this month. In the role he will report to Tetsuya Karasawa, the firm’s Tokyo-based managing director and head of real estate, Japan at J.P.Morgan Asset Management.

The new position will entail sourcing, executing and developing real estate opportunities and relationships in the Japanese market. 

Noguchi previously worked for the Mitsubishi Corporation's real estate asset management business where he served as head of the team responsible for acquisitions and disposals of investment properties.

As of June 30 2016 J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s global real assets business has $95 billion in assets under management.