April 9, 2005
Source: Yahoo! News
Wire Service: AFP
On April 9, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for the abolition of the death penalty and a revamp of centuries of academic-centered thinking on education to build a more 'warm-hearted' world. On the second day of a visit to Japan which has been condemned by China, the Dalai Lama told a crowd of hundreds in Tokyo that criminals should be treated with 'compassion, not anger.' 'Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people,' the Buddhist monk said in a sumo wrestling arena rearranged for his address on Saturday."