Asia continues to surprise. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index bolted 57 percent last year-nearly double the 30 percent advance of the S&P 500-while China, the world's fastest-growing economy, was home to the region's worst-performing market: The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index tumbled roughly 7 percent. Trying to figure out what's next for these economies is no easy task, butthe analysts on the 2014 All-Asia Research Team have shown that they're up to the challenge (right). Corporate leaders in Japan face a different type of hurdle: trying to determine the best way to adapt in a world still undergoing economic transformation. The best leaders-those who have been voted onto the 2014 All-Japan Executive Team -are willing to embrace risk to find reward.
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