【正】From June 20 to 27,Song Jian,President of the China-Japan Friendship Association(CJFA) led a delegation to visit Japan.On June 23,he and his party especially went to the city of Iwamizawa,on the northern island of Hokkaido,to hold a memorial ceremony for an old friend of the Chinese people,Shoichi Hara,buried there.They were warmly welcomed by city Mayor Koichi Watanabe,relatives of Shoichi Hara and friends from the local Japan-China Friendship Association(JCFA),who accompanied them to the cemetery.It was a drizzling rainy day with thick clouds.President Song Jian took slow steps to the tomb to present flowers,and,together with all the delegation,paid silent tribune to the deceased showing the long memory and high respect they cherished for the Chinese people’s old friend.