2ND LD: Uyghur activist arrives in Japan, China censors NHK report+

TOKYO/BEIJING, July 28 Kyodo -
(EDS: RECASTING WITH INFO ABOUT KADEER'S ARRIVAL IN JAPAN)
Uyghur rights activist Rebiya Kadeer, whom China accuses of being behind the
rioting in the western Xinjiang region earlier this month, arrived in Japan on
Tuesday, prompting China to disrupt an overseas broadcast by Japanese national
broadcaster NHK about the visit.

Shortly after arriving at Narita international airport from the United States
for a three-day visit, Kadeer said the purpose of her visit is to call on Tokyo
to influence Beijing on the Uyghur issue and to inform people in Japan about
the situation of Uyghurs.
Kadeer also urged the international community to launch in-depth probes into
the July 5 rioting in the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi to ascertain the number of
deaths and arrests. She called for international support to help bring about
the early release of those arrested.
China's censorship of NHK's News 7 program, monitored in Beijing, reflects
China's ''strong dissatisfaction'' with Japan to let Kadeer, whom Beijing
accuses of masterminding the July 5 Xinjiang riots, visit the country.
''We express strong dissatisfaction over the Japanese government bent on
allowing Rebiya to visit Japan to engage in anti-China separatist activities
despite China's repeated and solemn representations,'' Foreign Ministry
spokesman Qin Gang said.
In Tokyo, the Japanese government said Kadeer's visit to Japan at the
invitation of the nongovernment sector was approved in line with relevant laws.
Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Kazuo Kodama dismissed speculation that her
stay will affect ties between Tokyo and Beijing.
''As the Japanese government, we approved the visa application for her visit to
Japan and issued the visa in line with relevant laws and based on the usual
procedure,'' Kodama told a press conference.
Kadeer, who is in self-imposed exile in Washington, is not scheduled to meet
Japanese government officials during her trip, according to Kodama.
Kodama said China has told Japan that it is paying ''strong attention'' to
Kadeer's visit to Japan and that he explained to China how Japan is handling
the matter.
Beijing has accused the former Uyghur businesswoman of masterminding the bloody
riots in Urumqi that left at least 192 people dead and 1,800 others injured in
the country's worst ethnic violence in decades.
Kadeer has denied Chinese accusations that she was behind the deadly violence,
insisting instead that China's decades-long repression of the Uyghur ethnic
minority had caused the unrest.
Kadeer last visited Japan in November 2007 and it is her second visit since she
became president of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress in 2006.
==Kyodo