You are a genius of idea and theory and invincible commander of Songun as you have performed undying feats for the country and the people, the era and history by devoting your all to the sacred struggle for the victory of the Juche cause and the human cause of independence for decades since you embarked upon the road of revolution in your early years, and a distinguished elder statesman recognized by the world, the message said.

You firmly defended socialism of Juche under the uplifted banner of Songun during the period of ordeals when the destiny of the country and the nation was at the crossroads and aroused all the people across the country to a great drive for building a thriving nation, it noted, adding: Your feats serve as the treasure which will always go down in the history of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

You are the peerless patriot and peerlessly great man who is glorifying the new era of prosperity in which all the ideals of the people are being translated into reality after putting the dignity of the country and the national power on the highest level, the hundred-year history of the new victory of Kim Il Sung's Korea, it said.

It noted that the Koreans in Japan will do a tangible work conducive to improving the people's standard of living, increasing the agricultural production and developing science and technology in the homeland, reject the south Korean anti-reunification forces' moves to escalate confrontation with compatriots and ignite a new war and join in the nationwide struggle to open an epochal phase of peace on the Korean Peninsula and its reunification.

And they will conduct external activities to get the Japanese authorities make a switchover in its DPRK policy going against the trend of the times and implement the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and deepen friendship and ties with the Japanese people, it stressed.