JAPAN EXPECTS SUHARTO REFORM.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Japan's prime minister said Sunday that he expects President Suharto to make ``courageous decisions'' and honor plans to reform his battered economy.

Indonesia has asked for greater flexibility to make an international bailout plan work, and there was no sign that an impasse with the International Monetary Fund was broken.

Emerging from 2 hours of talks with Suharto, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said that he was …