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The six million Tibetans suffering Beijing’s relentless repression inside Tibet, and the Tibetans living in forced exile in India and across the world, led by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, have had but scant hope for preserving their identity.
Yet, the most recent illustration of political support from one of the world’s leading free democracies lends a measure of optimism. It comes in form of the April 27, 2021, virtual meeting between the All-Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet, which reports say congratulated the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) president, Lobsang Sangay, on the completion of his two-year tenure as Sikyong. Japan’s 98-strong group pledged continued support for the unpromising, yet spirited, struggle for Tibet and Tibetans.
Japan’s All-Party Parliamentary Support Group comprises members of most parties of both the upper and lower houses of the Japanese parliament. Among its members are former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Vice Defense Minister Yasuhide Nakayama, and former Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura, who is also the chairman of the group.
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