They included the Asian-Pacific regional preparatory committee for the 2017 Meeting Praising Great Persons of Mt. Paektu, the Oceanic regional preparatory committee for the 2017 Meeting Praising Great Persons of Mt. Paektu, the Japan Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, the Japan-Korea Society for Scientific and Educational Interchange, the Japan-Korea Cultural Interchange Association, the Tokyo-Pyongyang Rainbow Bridge Association, the Saitama Prefecturual People's Council for Japan-DPRK Friendship and Solidarity, the Nagano Prefectural People's Council for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, the Aichi Society for Promoting Japan-DPRK Education and Cultural Exchange, the Society for Promoting Friendship among Japan and North and South of Korea, the Shikoku Liaison Society for Japan-DPRK Friendship, the Fukuoka Prefectural Association for Japan-DPRK Friendship, Takashi Ishida, advisor to Osaka of the Citize

ns Solidarity Demanding Earlier Normalization of the Relations between Japan and DPRK and the Japan-DPRK Friendship Kyoto Net for Promoting Cultural, Academic and Citizens Exchange, Ekan Ikeguchi, high priest of the Saifukuji-Temple of Japan, Japanese media person Shunichi Narita, Japanese cameraman Takashi Ito and the family of Zhang Weihua, Chinese anti-Japanese revolutionary martyr.