The Dalai Lama holds press conference

The Dalai Lama holds press conference

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, attends a press conference in Kyoto on April 7. Invited by a Kyoto-based religious organization, he is attending the First World Buddhist Propagation Conference at the ancient capital in western Japan. He leaves Japan April 12.

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