A fundamental review of postal privatization will be included in the platforms of both the Democratic Party of Japan and Kokumin Shinto (People's New Party) for the general election expected later this year, they agreed Tuesday.
DPJ President Ichiro Ozawa and Kokumin Shinto leader Tamisuke Watanuki reached the agreement at a meeting to discuss ways to cooperate in the Lower House election.
In the agreement, the parties asserted that current postal services are now less convenient for the public and that the future of the four companies created by the privatization last year remains unclear, they said.