The Liberal Democratic Party pledged Friday to resubmit Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's defeated postal privatization bills for passage in the next Diet session.
In its policy platform for the Sept. 11 Lower House election, the LDP also promised to boost Japan’s ties with the United States, spearhead an effort to take the lead in Asian diplomacy and announce a constitutional reform proposal by the 50th anniversary of the party’s founding Nov. 15.
As one of its pledges to secure public safety, the LDP promised to halve the number of illegal residents by 2008 through stricter immigration controls and other means. It said allowing illegal aliens to stay in Japan creates a comfortable breeding ground for "foreign criminals."