So, we received the reply to our oppositional open letter from the Tibet Exhibit committee on behalf of all the sponsor companies.

Dear IAATE,

I would like to respond to your opposition letter towards our exhibition, “Tibet: Treasure from the Roof of the World” as a representative of all the organizations of this exhibition.
This exhibition has been organized by our company, Daiko (*Advertising agency), and it is to be traveling throughout the five cities in Japan.

Daiko has begun organizing this exhibition five years ago, trusting that this exhibition would introduce the beauty of the Tibetan Buddhist artifacts, and we have been receiving
various supports from our sponsors.

We believe that this exhibition will “brew” the interest and understanding of Japanese people in Tibetan culture and we hope to have your understanding.

Taisuke Tsurumaki
Representative of The Tibet Exhibition Committee
Daiko Advertising, Inc.

That’s it! We’ve waited for their reply for a long time and this is it!

We have demanded them to add the following points　that they have intentionally left out, in order to create an accurate and comprehensive exhibition, but it was rejected.

• We demand that your exhibit include a description of the Potala Palace, the seat of the Dalai Lamas for centuries, from which many of the artifacts were taken.
• We demand that there be an explanation of the current 14th Dalai Lama’s flight from the Palace in 1959 due to the Chinese occupation.
• We demand that your exhibit explain the history of the conflict over Tibet and the documented abuses suffered by the Tibetan themselves.

Their letter indicates that if they (the exhibition organizers) “brew” the interest and understanding in the Tibetan culture among the Japanese, the Japanese would eventually be interested in the Tibetan cause which they (the exhibition organizers) have been failing to inform the visitors in the exhibition.

They exhibit the Tibetan artifacts without respecting the Tibetan people who had created and nurtured these precious pieces. It is shameful to learn that the Japanese institutions and corporations such as The Ueno Royal Museum, Daiko Advertising, Inc., Asahi Newspaper, TBS, JAL and Nippon Express are obviously unable (or unwilling) to make any humanitarian and honorable decisions as the members of our society.

Therefore, we have no choice but to intensify our media outreach campaigns to tell the truth about Tibet which has been hidden from this exhibition.

Send your valuable opinions to the Tibet Exhibit committee via email, fax, phone or mail. I am sure they would learn a lot about the unavoidable Tibet issue.

Contact:

Mr. Taisuke Tsurumaki

Representative of “Tibet : Stolen Treasure from the Roof of the World” Exhibition Committee

Daiko Advertising, Inc.

Akasaka Park Building, 5-2-20 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Japan

107-6107

Tel: +81-3-6364-8111

Fax:+81-3-5563-8933

Email: publicrelation11@daiko.co.jp

Thanks for your support!!