Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was to meet with Ichiro Ozawa, head of the Liberal Party, on Tuesday night about the establishment of a coalition government in early January, government sources said the same night.

On Tuesday, LDP Diet Affairs Committee chief Makoto Koga repeatedly proposed to Toshihiro Nikai, Koga's counterpart in the Liberal Party, that a meeting between Obuchi and Ozawa originally scheduled for Monday be rescheduled Tuesday.

The meeting was reportedly postponed due to the Liberal Party's dissatisfaction over the LDP's opaque stance on key issues, including security.