'I received the impression that they will not accept China's continued oppression of the Uighurs,' Kyodo News Agency quoted the activist as saying.

An LDP lawmaker said the minority issue in China is something 'that cannot be left untouched' and added that the party members planned to report on the meeting to the government.

Nearly 200 people died in violent clashes between Uighur-minority Muslims and police and Han Chinese residents of the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi in early July.