Split occurs in DPJ's coalition talks with two allies: report

TOKYO, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Rifts surfaced in talks launched Wednesday by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) with two allies of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People's New Party (PNP) over forming a tripartite coalition, The Japan Times reported Thursday.

During the talks, the SDP flatly opposes any Self-Defense Forces deployment abroad and the PNP wants to scotch the whole postal system privatization process started by the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc that the DPJ unseated, according to the report.

And the three parties failed to agree on key issues such as those concerning foreign policy and national security in particular.

"We'll do our best" to patch up the differences though no agreement was reached on foreign policy or security, said MasayukiNaoshima, the DPJ's policy chief, after the talks.

The three, however, did manage to agree to add to the platform countermeasures against the new flu epidemic and natural disasters like flooding from torrential rain, according to Naoshima.

The DPJ needs to stay allied with the SDP and the PNP to keep numeric control of the upper house though the DPJ won a historic victory in Sunday's lower house election.