Repatriated Japanese abductees Kaoru Hasuike and Yasushi Chimura have identified two North Korean agents as being responsible for their abductions, investigative sources said Friday.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>Their statements haveprompted police to launch an investigation they hope will lead to arrest warrants being issued for the two agents.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>One of the two, Sin Guang Su, is already on an international wanted list for the abduction of a 43-year-old Japanese man in 1980, the sources said.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>Hasuike, 48, and Chimura, 50, were abducted in 1978, and allowed to return to Japan in 2002 together with their abducted wives and another abductee, Hitomi Soga, 46.</PARAGRAPH> <SUBHEAD> Chongryun tax breaks</SUBHEAD> <PARAGRAPH> At least 30 municipalities nationwide exempt facilities belonging to the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan –

from property taxes or reduce their tax rates, citing the group's public nature, a government survey showed Friday.

Although diplomatic facilities in Japan are exempt from fixed property tax, there are growing calls within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that the association should not receive the same tax treatment as embassies.

Chongryun is headquartered in Tokyo and has branches in 49 municipalities.

The survey, conducted in November by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry, found that 19 cities, including Sapporo and Nagasaki, levied no tax on the facilities, while 11, including Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka, tax them at a reduced rate. Tokyo and 13 other cities, including Nagoya, did not respond to the survey.