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

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.
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.