'Go There, Investigate' Dalai Lama Appeals to the Media

Tokyo, Japan, 31 October 2009 (By Sherab Woeser,) - Interacting with the media on his second day in Japan, His Holiness the Dalai Lama strongly appealed to the international community and especially to the media to go to China and Tibet and investigate the reality of the situation.

'If you find out that what China's Government is saying about Tibet is correct, then I will cease all my activities and apologise to them,' said the exiled Tibetan leader this morning at the Foreign Correspondent's Club of Japan.

In his initial address to the media, the Nobel Peace laureate spoke in detail on his two main commitments in life of promoting human values and religious harmony.

'The inner values of a mother's love and affection for her child does not come from religious faith or a constitution - it is our biological, human nature,' said His Holiness to rapturous applause from the international media contingent.

Responding to a question, the Tibetan leader expressed full support for Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposed programme of basing his Government's policies on the

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