Mizuho CEO Says He Sees Policy Tailwinds From Takaichi, BOJ

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.’s chief executive officer is confident that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s pro-growth policies and the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hikes will boost his bank’s businesses.

“She has a good vision,” Masahiro Kihara, CEO of Japan’s third-biggest bank, said in a Bloomberg Television interview on Tuesday, referring to the prime minister’s policy initiatives. “That is playing well in the market right now.”