The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, agreed in principle Wednesday on a framework for security legislation to expand the scope of the Self-Defense Forces' activities, including a permanent law for overseas dispatches to provide logistic support to foreign militaries.
Compiled by LDP Vice President Masahiko Komura and Komeito deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa, the framework will be formally approved at a meeting scheduled for Friday after internal discussions by each party, officials said.
The framework is in line with a move by the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last summer to allow the nation to exercise the right to collective self-defense, and it would see the scope of SDF activities expand in several areas.