As Japan continues to replace one Prime Minister after another, there is at least one constant – the increasing input of Shinto and nationalism into the schools. At the beginning of this year there was a meeting of all teachers in each district to be told that Shinto myths have now to be taught to all children.

Not on foot but an ambitious new DVD project

The profound influence of Buddhism means that Tibetans instinctively misunderstand Christ and his teaching. Some see Jesus as similar to Buddha or the high lamas rather than God himself in human from. The Tibetan Storytelling Project (TSP) was born out of this need to present Jesus and the Bible in a way Tibetans could understand.