It is the great fortune and honor for Chongryon and the Koreans in Japan to hear the exciting news that the Fourth Conference of the WPK convened at a historic period when the new century of Kim Il Sung's Korea begins decided to hold the great General Kim Jong Il in high esteem as General Secretary of the WPK for all ages and elected you as First Secretary of the WPK, true to the behest of the fatherly General, the letter said.

The letter extended the highest glory and warmest congratulations to Kim Jong Un, the peerlessly great man elected as First Secretary of the glorious WPK, representing the intense loyalty of all the officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan.

It manifested the resolution of Chongryon to thoroughly carry out the last instructions of Kim Jong Il without any slight deviation and concession, entirely entrusting destiny and future to Kim Jong Un and remaining loyal to his leadership, and thus dynamically turn out in ushering in a new heyday in the movement of Koreans in Japan along with the prospering homeland.

Chongryon will join in the nation-wide struggle for bringing about a landmark phase of national reunification under the banner of "By our nation itself" and energetically conduct external activities to improve the DPRK-Japan relations and promote the friendship between the two peoples, the letter concluded.