William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
Japan's next leader should wrest control back from the Bank of Japan

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference in January 2020: an even bigger role could end badly. © Reuters
William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."