The government is not likely to enact a law to provide support for Japanese women who flee North Korea, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said Saturday.

Abe was asked whether Japan will enact a law similar to the one supporting Japanese abduction victims who flee North Korea and leave their families behind. "It is difficult to make such a special response as a state since these people basically went (to North Korea) of their own will," Abe said.

Abe made the remarks on a television program aired Saturday morning.