Present there on invitation was the art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan headed by Jo Myong Ho, principal of the Kyoto Korean Middle and High School.

Also attending it were Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Ung Sop, director of the Overseas Koreans' Affairs Administration, and Kim Kyong Jun, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League, and officials concerned.

Kim Yong Chol made a speech at the reception. He said that Kim Jong Un has showed loving care for Korean schoolchildren in Japan, valuing them as reliable successors to Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) and the patriotic cause.

He noted that through the New Year performance, members of the art troupe showed their resolve to cherish Mt Paektu as the native place dear to their hearts and to prepare themselves to be pillars that would firmly carry forward the cause of Chongryon and the nation even though they are in an alien land.

He expressed belief that Korean schoolchildren in Japan would grow up to be reliable successors to the patriotic cause and pillars of the future that possess the nation's spirit, who firmly believe in and follow Kim Jong Un only.

Head of the art troupe Jo Myong Ho said, in a speech, he witnessed the personality of Kim Jong Un as a peerlessly great man and the stirring reality of the country making a leap forward day by day during his stay in the motherland. He added that his stay helped him harden the belief that only victory and glory are in store for socialist Korea.

He said that Korean schoolchildren in Japan would prepare themselves to be reliable successors to the movement of Koreans in Japan and pillars of Chongryon true to the noble intention of Kim Jong Un in any adversity.

There was a joint performance given by schoolchildren in Pyongyang and the members of the art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan at the reception.