The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Friday released a 17-page booklet of its policies for the upcoming general election that lacks specifics in at least two key areas.
One of the most symbolic items deals with the privatization of the nation's postal services, one of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pet reform projects.
The passage vaguely declares that the LDP will "draw a conclusion by around fall 2004 (after) considering of the government's policy to privatize the postal services in April 2007."