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Japanese National Liaison Council for Study of
Kimilsung-Kimjongilism Formed


   On the occasion of the 72nd birthday of General Secretary Kim Jong Il, an inaugural meeting of the Japanese National Liaison Council for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism (JNLCSKK) along with a lecture meeting were held in Tokyo on February 15, 2014 under the auspices of the Preparatory Committee for this council supported by the International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI).
   Present at the inaugural meeting were Secretary General Ogami Kenichi of the IIJI, Prof. Emeritus Kamakura Takao at Saitama University who is also director of the IIJI Board, Prof. Emeritus Ie Masaji at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies who is also director of the Board of Directors of the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea (ARIJI), Secretary General Hanawa Fujio of the Japanese National Liaison Council for the Study of the Juche Idea (JNLCSJI), Representative Sumiya Keizo of the Fukushima Liaison Council for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism who is also president of the Group in Support of Korean Schools in Fukushima, Chairman Himori Fumihiro of the Japanese Committee for the Support of Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, Mr. So Chun On, head of International and Reunification Bureau of the Central Headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), Prof. Ogura Kizo at Kyoto University and others.
   The inaugural meeting was attended by those concerned all over Japan literally from Hokkaido to Okinawa even when traffic was completely paralyzed due to a heavy snowfall.
   Preceding the inaugural meeting, a silent prayer was offered by all the participants for the repose of soul of Dr. Vishwanath, director general of the IIJI Board, who died an untimely death on February 11, 2014.
   Introducing a brief personal record of Dr. Vishwanath, Secretary General Ogami Kenichi of the IIJI expressed his condolences on his demise, saying that he tenders his heartfelt condolences on his demise and gratitude to Dr. Vishwanath, who devoted half a lifetime of 87 years to the study and dissemination of the Juche idea till his very last moment.

Inaugural Meeting of the Japanese National Liaison Council
for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism

   Since the inauguration of the Society for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism in Japan for the first time in May 2012, liaison councils for the study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism as the units of prefecture were formed in Okinawa, Fukushima and Gunma within the same year, and in the following year other liaison councils as the units of area were formed in the Kanto and Kansai regions.    As an output of all these efforts the Japanese National Liaison Council for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism (JNLCSKK) has come to be formed.
   With the attendance of representatives and members of respective liaison councils as the units of prefecture or area, the inaugural meeting for their national liaison council went well in a heated atmosphere.
   In his opening address, Mr. Sumiya Keizo, representative of the Fukushima Liaison Council mentioned: in Fukushima that was a disaster-stricken area of the East Japan Great Earthquake, everyone is living a life with an uneasy conscience. I would like to combine such challenges faced by the people in Fukushima with the significance in studying Kimilsung-Kimjongilism.
   Congratulatory speeches were made by the following guests: Chairman Himori Fumihiro of the Japanese Committee for the Support of Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, and Mr. So Chung On, head of the International and Reunification Bureau of the Chongryon.
   Following them, Mr. Shinzato Masatake from the Okinawa Liaison Council for the Study of the Kimilsung-Kimjongilism in replace of Prof. Sakugawa Seiichi, who was elected one of representative coordinators of the JNLCSKK, and Mr. Narita Tokuhei, Ainu traditional artisan, took the floor.
   In the inaugural meeting speeches were made by scholars and researchers who became representative coordinators or coordinators of the newly formed JNLCSKK.
   Prof. Ie Masaji as representative coordinator said: I regard it as necessary to build a world at peace without war or a world without subjugation and subordination. In other words, through learning from Kimilsung-Kimjongilism I would like to do my possible best to turn the society in the 21st century into such a society where human dignity can be safeguarded.
   Mr. Hanawa Fujio as coordinator mentioned: I have learned from the Juche idea for a long time in relation to the labor movement. Here in Japan workers are treated in inhumanly manners just like being disposal things. Such conditions require us to wage our struggles for establishing our independence and thus winning back our human nature.    The declaration of formation of the JNLCSKK was proposed and adopted unanimously.
   It reads:
   "Whether the revolution and construction turns out successful or not, or whether it would be possible or not to realize the happiness of the people and shape the cause of independence depends on outstanding leaders."
   "Activities made by First Secretary Kim Jong Un since the demise of General Secretary Kim Jong Il show that who is the very person who is carrying forward the idea and achievements of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and leading the cause of Juche to the completion."
   "The formation of the JNLCSKK can be regarded as a turning point in promoting the study and dissemination of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism."
   The formation of the JNLCSKK has become a place of resolution, a new starting point for them to continue the study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism through combining it with the task of independence and peace of the world including Japan. ?

Lecture Meeting on Kimilsung-Kimjongilism and Peace in Japan


   In a Lecture Meeting on Kimilsung-Kimjongilism and Peace in Japan that followed, Prof. Emeritus Kamakura Takao, one of representative coordinators of the JNLCSKK who is also director of the IIJI Board gave a lecture entitled "Independence as Life and Soul―Learning from Line of Establishing Anti-imperialism and Independence Put Forward by General Secretary Kim Jong Il."
   Prof. Kamakura Takao mentioned: The unity between the leader, the party and the masses is the basis for establishing independence. In the DPRK it was the very decisive factor for its victory in the Korean War, and also fully displayed in the arduous march in the 1990s.    He appealed for setting a value on the necessity of the formation of the driving force to establish independence in Japan through learning from Kimilsung-Kimjongilism, the importance of cultivating a relationship of trust with the DPRK that is maintaining independence and that of respecting independence and strengthening their solidarity with the country.
   In his lecture entitled "Independence and Japan," Prof. Ogura Kizo at Kyoto University said that with regard to his concern about Japan's abandoning its independence he was contemplating how to break up such a system of destroying human beings called capitalism from within.    He further strengthened that in order to make a change in Japan that had become unable to think, it would be necessary for the people with different cultures and wisdom together to rebuild a communal society.
   In his lecture entitled "On the Plan of Building Socialist Thriving Nation Mapped Out by First Secretary Kim Jong Un," Research Associate Son Myong Nam at Korea University in Japan quoted a speech delivered by the First Secretary at the military parade to commemorate the centenary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung on April 15, 2012 and said as follows:
   "First Secretary Kim Jong Un showed in his speech his awareness of the times and his understanding of the situation in such a way that the DPRK was standing at the watershed of history.
"On the basis of it, he put forward the decision of the Korean people to continue to march forward along the path of anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism, the path of building a thriving nation in line with independent socialism, and the path of Korea's reunification with a bright prospect as ever. He encouraged the people by concluding his speech with a command of 'Forward towards the final victory.'
"Based on the principles of independence, Songun and socialism, Kim Jong Un Korea is advancing forward by applying Kim Jong Il's patriotism."