At his first press conference as prime minister, on September 16, 2020, Suga Yoshihide made a promise: Gyōsei no tatewari, kitoku ken’eki, soshite ashiki zenrei shugi o uchiyabutte kisei kaikaku o zenryoku de susumemasu. “I will break through the vertical divisions of the administration, vested interests and bad precedentism, and push regulatory reform with all my strength.”