Present there on invitation were the congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan headed by Ho Jong Man, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), and Koreans in Japan staying in the DPRK.

Present there were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Yang Gon, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and officials concerned.

Yang Hyong Sop made a speech at the reception.

Kim Jong Un provided a reception for the congratulatory group by reflecting the mind of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il, Yang said.

The embrace of Kim Jong Un who is brightly glorifying Chongryon before the world with his extraordinary leadership and noble compatriotic feelings is the one of great love and eternal motherland in which Chongryon and Koreans in Japan will live generation after generation, entrusting their destiny and future to it, he noted.

Ho Jong Man spoke next:

The group's visit to the homeland is fruition of the paternal love of Kim Jong Un, who takes special care of Chongryon and puts forward it as a member of the same family just as Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il did.

The officials of Chongryon and other Koreans in Japan have turned out in the vigorous struggle to usher in a new heyday of the movement of the Koreans in Japan with the steadfast faith that as long as they are under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, they are sure to emerge victorious.