The match was watched by Chairman of the DPRK-Japan Friendship Association Pak Kun Gwang, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, teachers and students of Korea University of Physical Education, judo experts and fans and Pyongyangites.

It was also seen by Kanji Inoki, president of the Inoki Genom Joint Co., Ltd. of Japan, and his party and members of a delegation of the Nippon Sport Science University Group led by President of its Educational Foundation Kenshiro Matsunami, diplomatic envoys accredited to the DPRK and staff members of foreign embassies here.

The judoists of the two countries displayed their high skills and strong fighting spirit in the match.