Beijing, Sept 26, SPA -- Talks between Japan and North Korea aimed at resolving a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted bythe North decades ago ended Sunday without progress,Japanese officials said. Tokyo also reportedly seized theopportunity to express concern over a possible missile testby Pyongyang. Shinzo Abe, secretary general of Japan's ruling LiberalDemocratic Party, said Japan will consider imposingeconomic sanctions against North Korea if it does not takea "more sincere approach" toward the abduction issue,according to Kyodo news agency. "It is natural that we should begin studying measures toapply pressure and economic sanctions," Abe was quoted assaying in a speech held in southern Japan's Yamaguchiprefecture (state). The report did not elaborate on whatmeasures were being considered. A spokesman for Japan's foreign ministry confirmed thetalks had ended but refused to provide any details. Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted North Korean envoySong Il Ho as saying the two sides, who met in Beijing, hadexchanged views on the missing persons and planned tocooperate in further discussing the issue. The working-level talks were the second round of meetingson Japanese who were captured in the 1970s and 1980s,apparently to train North Korean agents in Japaneselanguage and culture. Japan has asked North Korea to meet again by mid-November,Kyodo said.--SPA1341 Local Time 1041 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/205702