The Dalai Lama arrived Thursday in Japan to begin a nine-day tour of the country, despite China's protests over his other trips overseas.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who flew to Tokyo on a commercial flight from India, is scheduled to attend a Buddhist conference in Yokohama, give a lecture at a university in Ise, Mie Prefecture, and visit a high school in Tokyo, according to his office in Tokyo. No major event is scheduled for Thursday.
Top Japanese government officials are not expected to meet with the 72-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate during his trip, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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