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Unreasonable Remarks of Japan Assailed

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Kawaguchi at a recent budgetary meeting of the Lower House talked nonsense as regards the matter of the survivors related to the "abduction issue" who went to Japan on a home visit. She said: "When the survivors were coming to Japan, their schedule was defined to some one or two weeks. If this meant a promise, there was no definite promise to sent them back". Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says: When we think that these were words of a foreign minister who is in charge of the external affairs of a country, they sound too nonsensical and far-fetched.
    It goes on:
    As far as the "abduction issue" touted by Japan is concerned, the fundamental responsibility rests, by nature, with Japan itself.
    If Japan truly intends to fundamentally solve the "abduction issue", it should drop its hostile policy toward the DPRK at an early date, send the survivors related to the "abduction issue" who returned to Japan on a home visit back to the DPRK where their families are awaiting them as promised between the governments so that the survivors and their families could express their will freely.
    Dragging feet in solving the "abduction issue," Japan seeks to tarnish the image of the DPRK by reversing black and white and to shake off the heavy burden of redeeming the past crimes in its relations with the DPRK and wrest a sort of concession by distorting the basic spirit of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration. Lurking behind this is a selfish purpose of the present forces in power to incite national confrontation and hostile consciousness against the DPRK among the Japanese in a bid to put fresh muscles into their hostile policy toward the DPRK by taking advantage of "people's sentiments", create a climate for its policy of swaying to Right and, at the same time, boost their political popularity.
    The behavior of the Japanese authorities reminds us of a cunning guy falling a victim to his own trick. Japan had better think twice and do what it must do before it is too late. Only then can all the matters be settled smoothly.