The Liberal Democratic Party, Liberal Party and New Komeito met together for the first time Wednesday to start policy coordination talks toward the launch of a tripartite coalition government.
Policy chiefs of the three parties confirmed during the meeting that some delicate issues will not be addressed during the talks but will be handled by the parties' secretaries general.
Dubbed "highly political," these issues include the reduction of Diet seats sought by the Liberal Party but opposed by New Komeito, as well as New Komeito's unpopular proposal to ban corporate donations to individual lawmakers.