?Present there were Fumihiro Himori, chairman of the Japan Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, Shingo Kanemaru, adviser to the Tokyo-Pyongyang Rainbow Bridge, and other personages of various strata.

?Present there on invitation were Nam Sung U, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), So Chung On, director of the Department for International Affairs and Reunification, and officials of Chongryon.

Speeches were made there.

?Fumihiro Himori warmly congratulated the Day of the Sun, and stressed the need to conduct diverse activities aimed at making the Japanese support the reunification of the Korean peninsula and have a correct understanding of the DPRK.

The adviser to the Tokyo-Pyongyang Rainbow Bridge expressed the will to strive to improve the relations between the two countries in the future, too, recalling with deep emotion the days when he was received by Kim Il Sung.