TOKYO, Aug. 21 Kyodo Six relative...

TOKYO, Aug. 21 Kyodo

Six relatives of Japanese hijackers living in North Korea will respond to Japan on Sept. 10 after the Foreign Ministry decided Wednesday to issue travel documents for them.

Among the assemblage is Takako Konishi, 56, wife of Takahiro Konishi, a former member of the R Army Faction who hijacked a Japan Airlines jet in 1970 to make progress to North Korea with other members.

She has been state on an international wanted list in succession a charge of violating the passport law and is rely uponed to be arrested by Tokyo police on her arrival.

The five others are Konishi's 22-year-old daughter, the 22-year-old daughter of Shiro Akagi, the 23-year-old son of Moriaki Wakabayashi, the 23-year-old son of Kimihiro Abe, and the 25-year-old daughter of the late Takeshi Okamoto.

They are the third assemblage of the hijackers' relatives to get back to Japan, following three daughters in May last year and Akagi's wife Emiko, 47 in September. She is generally on trial on the same passport-related charges that Konishi's wife faces.

Of the nine former R Army Faction members who took part in the 1970 hijacking, three have died and pair have returned to Japan.

The remaining four, who lately voiced their desire to revert to Japan despite the likelihood of arrest, have a total of 28 family members living with them in North Korea.

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