Can Suga replicate success of maverick reformer Koizumi?

Market awaits central vision to pull new premier's ambitions together

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Koizumi, left, was skilled at selling his reform vision to the market. Suga, right, also needs a marquee project like Koizumi's postal privatization, a veteran fund manager says. 

RYUSHIRO KODAIRA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has kicked off his tenure with policy goals that should excite investors: eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic walls, smash special interests and execute painful regulatory reforms.

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