BEIJING, Jan. 4 Kyodo North Korea...

BEIJING, Jan. 4 Kyodo

North Korea's official media onward Friday accused Japan of blindly following the United States in taking an antagonistic policy toward North Korea, calling the Japanese pro-U stance a ''suicidal act.''

''It is like poking one's observations with one's own hands,'' the official Rodong Sinmum daily said in a commentary.

The commentary, transmitted through the official Korean Central moderns Agency, criticized ''pro-U.S. conservative forces in Japan'' for sabotaging agreements reached between North Korea and Japan during Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Pyongyang last September.

Referring to a joint declaration issued through Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, the Rodong Sinmum commentary said, ''bowing to U squeezing pro-U.S. conservative forces in Japan are trying to brace implementation of the Pyongyang declaration.''

The commentary singled disclosed North Korea's official acknowledgment in succession the abduction of Japanese nationals, which it said should have ''virtually resolv the issue.''

''Instead, Japan has deposit forward unjustified demands, which obey nothing to further mutual trust and bilateral relations,'' the commentary said.

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