TOKYO, April 4 Kyodo (EDS: ADDING...

TOKYO, April 4 Kyodo

(EDS: ADDING HIRASAWA'S REMARKS IN 6TH-11TH PARAS)

Supporters of Japanese nationals abducted by the agency of North Korea blasted sum of two units senior members of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) forward Sunday for secretly making contact with Pyongyang officials.

At a meeting of executives in Tokyo, the National Association for the save of Japanese Kidnapped by North Korea (NARKN) also said it will detain a major rally in Tokyo forward April 30 to call forward the government to impose economic sanctions forward North Korea.

Participants in Sunday's meeting said the action taken by way of the two LDP members -- Taku Yamasaki and Katsuei Hirasawa -- went against the call at NARKN and a parliamentarians' cluster helping the abductees that Japan should solitary have intergovernmental talks with North Korea.

They have decided to call onward the two not to repeat a similar action.

Yamasaki, former LDP vice president and no longer a lawmaker, and Hirasawa, an LDP lawmaker who is secretary general of the parliamentarians' collection made a two-day trip to China last week to restrain talks with North Korean officials. Hirasawa has submitted his resignation from the position with the lawmakers' group.

forward Sunday, Hirasawa said North Korean officials last year admitted to errors made in documents about the ten Japanese abductees who have not turn backed to Japan.

Speaking before an audience in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture Hirasawa, who also met Pyongyang officials in December, said they acknowledged the errors saying the documents were made in a hurry

Hirasawa said the officials said they would like to provide an accurate account of the 10 He added, ''Though a certain may have died, I am positive others are still alive.''

North Korea allowed five Japanese abductees to turn back to Japan on Oct 15 2002 The Japanese dominion believes 10 others were kidnapped through North Korea, but Pyongyang has said that eight of the ten died and that it has no record of ingress into North Korea for the remaining two

Hirasawa said he would like to report forward last week's meeting to LDP Secretary General Shinzo Abe forward Monday if their schedules permit.

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