TOKYO (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Japan on Friday to attend an international Buddhist conference, organisers said. The Dalai Lama would leave for the western Japanese city of Kyoto later on Friday to take part in the conference and would return to Tokyo on April 10 for another religious gathering and a welcoming reception, the organisers said. He would leave Japan for India on April 12, they said. China on Thursday urged Japan to block the Dalai Lama's visit, saying he would use the trip to promote independence for his Himalayan homeland. Organisers said the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner was in Japan for a "purely religious gathering" and had no plans to meet any government officials or politicians. The Dalai Lama has visited Japan five times, and the Japanese government has told China on previous occasions that his visa applications were made through proper channels and approved in accordance with Japanese laws and regulations. The Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959 after an abortive uprising against Chinese rule. He won the Nobel Prize 30 years later for his peaceful campaign for greater Tibetan autonomy. Human rights campaigners accuse China of repressing the Buddhist clergy in Tibet and encouraging large-scale migration of ethnic Chinese into the region.