Japan did not include "collective security" in its revised policy.

The Japanese government and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have decided not to include the phrase "collective security" in the revised Cabinet resolution on security policy.

This shows that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration is powerless in the face of dissenting voices from its smaller coalition partner, the New Komeito Party (NKP).

Japanese Self-Defense Force helicopters participate in a military exercise. (Source: AFP/VNA)

The LDP is expected to submit the revised draft to the NKP during the coalition dialogue on June 25th to review the legal restrictions on the operations of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF).

Senior members of the ruling parties have accelerated the drafting process with the aim of finding common ground by the end of the week and having the Cabinet approve it by July 1st or 4th.

Both parties also affirmed that they would not discuss collective security issues on June 24th to avoid further rifts at a time when the NKP is striving to build internal consensus.

According to VNA