Kanji Inoki did many things for the friendship between the two peoples of the DPRK and Japan.

A ceremony of awarding the order took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Wednesday.

Present there were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Pak Kun Gwang, chairman of the DPRK-Japan Friendship Association, officials concerned and the party of the president of the Inoki Genom Joint Co., Ltd. of Japan on a visit to the DPRK.