Japan's financial institutions stoking climate risks, study shows

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Over the past five years financial companies invested almost $110bn into fossil fuel and nuclear power sectors, bucking global trend in favour of renewable energy investment

Japan's financial institutions are propping up the country's fossil fuel and nuclear sectors with billions of dollars of investment, according to new data released this week by environmental campaign organisation...

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