By Stephen Christopher and Hiromi Ikeda (TibetanReview.net, Sep06’19) – This year’s Kikisoso Tibet Festival, hosted in the Nagano hillside city of Komoro, will be the fifth edition privately organized by the couple Genyen Tenzin and Shoko Yanagida. Since 2015, the festival has provided a major venue for the Tibetan community, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb02’19) – President Lobsang Sangay of the Central Tibetan Administration at Dharamsala, India, has on Jan 31 met with MPs belonging to the Tibet group in the country’s parliament. The All Party Japanese Parliamentary Tibet Support Group is the largest such Tibet support group in the world. During the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov22, 2018) – The Dalai Lama was on Nov 20 welcomed to Japan’s parliament, the Diet, by the All Party Japanese Parliamentary Group for Tibet (APJPGT) in the course of his 10-day tour of the country which began on Nov 12. He has spoken to the group members about […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21, 2018) – China on Nov 20 criticized Japan for allowing the ongoing visit by Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, saying countries should not facilitate his “separatist activities”, reported the PTI news agency Nov 20. The Dalai Lama is on a 10-day visit to Japan, beginning Nov […]

(TibetanReview.net, Nov14, 2018) – The Dalai Lama has reiterated Nov 13 that there was no urgency to deal with the issue of his reincarnation or successor but that the matter may be put up for discussion at this month-end’s meeting of Tibet’s top religious leaders in Dharamshala, India. The meeting […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul08, 2018) – Health Kalon (minister) Mr Choekyong Wangchuk of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, held an hour-long meeting with executive members of the All Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet in the Japanese Parliament, or the National Diet, Hall on Jul 5, said the […]

(TibetanReview.net, Mar12, 2018) – A large gathering of Tibetans and supporters was stated to have marched through the Shinjuku city street in Japan’s Capital Tokyo to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising on Mar 10. A separate protest march was also held in front of the Chinese […]

(TibetanReview.net, Feb22, 2018) – At 90, the Japanese parliament, the Diet, has the largest number of Tibet supporters in any parliament across the free democratic world where such groups have been set up, said the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on its Tibet.net website Feb 20. The All Party Parliamentary Tibet […]