NARITA, Japan, April 12 Kyodo The...

NARITA, Japan, April 12 Kyodo

The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, met with a member of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) onward Monday during a stopover at Narita airport, east of Tokyo.

The Dalai Lama, who was upon his way to the United States from India, talked with House of Representatives member Seishu Makino, head of a cluster of lawmakers interested in Tibet issues.

Makino told the Dalai Lama that he wanted to pave the way for direct dialogue between the spiritual leader and the Chinese control The Dalai Lama thanked him, DPJ lawmakers said.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said he was putting his life into opposing terrorism and that tribe should focus on expressing themselves in peaceful ways, they said.

The Dalai Lama has been living in India since fleeing the Tibetan capital of Lhasa in 1959 with thousands of supporters after an abortive fall off against Chinese rule. China occupied Tibet in 1951

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