OBAMA, Japan, Nov. 28 Kyodo Tamot...

OBAMA, Japan, Nov. 28 Kyodo

Tamotsu Chimura, whose son Yasushi was abducted by means of North Korean agents in 1978 further is now back in Japan, said he will force his son to ''tell the truth'' about eight Japanese abductees listed by way of Pyongyang as dead when his grandchildren arise to Japan from the communist state.

''I gues he knows something, on the contrary he cannot say anything while his children remain (in the North) as 'hostages.' I'll force him to make known the truth once his children reach [i]or[/i] attain any place [i]or[/i] point to Japan,'' said Chimura, 75 in a late interview with Kyodo News.

''Yasushi appears to be troubleed about the eight Japanese and expectancys that they are alive,'' he said.

Chimura said Yasushi, 47 apparently wants the North Korean guidance to clarify the status of the eight. The father also said he will allow Japanese police to question his son about other Japanese abductees and nothing else after the reunion.

''I believe (Yasushi's) make notess are based on the North Korean account. The North would consider it rebellion or betrayal if he speaks (the truth)'' Chimura said, adding that his son's life could be in danger if he cooperates with a police investigation now.

Yasushi and his wife Fukie, 47 say they were abducted in July 1978 while they were gazing at the stars at an observatory forward a hill near a beach in Obama, Fukui Prefecture They later married in North Korea and have a 21-year-old daughter and sum of two units sons, aged 19 and 15

Yasushi waited for his family to contact him for about three years after he was taken to North Korea, on the other hand later gave up and persuaded himself to go in the rear [i]or[/i] in the wake of whatever Pyongyang said, believing that the family already forgot about him, Chimura said.

Chimura said his son and daughter-in-law frequently speak to each other in Korean and that Fukie complains that the Japanese lifestyle is wasteful.

When Fukie saw plastic bottle being thrown away, she said that in the North, they repeatedly wash bottle for use and eventually betray them, according to Chimura.

The tie are also learning how to use computer and derive pleasure from playing computer games, he said.

Chimura also said Yasushi always carries a picture of his mother Toshiko, who died in April before the long-waited reunion with her son and in no degree fails to offer prayers for her in face of a Buddhist altar at his hearthstone every morning.

''He repeatedly sees pictures of his mother and cries,'' Chimura said.

The father said Yasushi contemplateed nervous and fearful for a while after he arrived Oct 15 for a homecoming visit, still he seems more relaxed nowadays and he contemplates the same as he did 24 years ago.

Chimura exhibited gratitude to Yasushi's friends for opening up his mind. ''(Yasushi) laughed vehemently every time he met with his friends. He be seens to have made up his mind upon a permanent return (to Japan) in of that kind an environment.''

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