The Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito remained far apart Friday over how far to expand the Self-Defense Forces' overseas activities in line with the Abe administration's controversial reinterpretation of the pacifist Constitution last summer.

During the second round of talks to set the basic framework for the security bills to be submitted to the current Diet session, the administration proposed drastically revising the law governing "contingencies in areas surrounding Japan" to remove a geographical limit on the SDF's activities.

The administration also proposed authorizing the SDF to render logistic support to military allies other than the United States.