Japan is less reliant on atomic energy, but concerns are growing about its return to climate-damaging fossil fuels.

Pope to visit two largely Buddhist nations to strengthen ties and reiterate call for elimination of nuclear weapons.

As Yasukuni marks 150 years since it was founded, the decision to enshrine war criminals casts a shadow over the shrine.

Decision means no-one has been held criminally-responsible for the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.