Pope Francis today arrives in Japan, where he plans to spread the message of nuclear protest and pray for a peaceful world.

The 82-year-old Pope arrived in Tokyo amid heavy rain and strong winds. The white cloak of the head of the Vatican was blown by the wind as he stepped down from Haneda airport from Thai Airways' plane.

The Pope's four-day trip to Japan will begin with a visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, two cities that were hit by nuclear bomb attacks at the end of World War II, killing more than 200,000 people.

In a video addressed to the Japanese people before leaving the Vatican, he condemned the use of "immoral" nuclear weapons.

"Together with you, I pray that the destructive power of nuclear weapons will never be liberated again in human history," the head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics. , to speak.

In Hiroshima, he will give a speech to the world-famous peace memorial that marks August 6, 1945, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the city by the US military.

In Tokyo on November 25, the Pope will meet the victims of three 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

Pope Francis came to Japan after leaving Thailand, where he spread the message of tolerance and peace. He plans to preside over a similar Mass in Japan, a country with approximately 440,000 Catholics per 126 million people.

For three days in Thailand, the Pope met King Vajiralongkorn and the head of the Thai Buddhist Church, ready to take off his shoes according to local customs.

His cousin, Sister Ana Rosa, has been a missionary in Thailand since 1966, accompanying him during his visit as an interpreter. In his final public address in Bangkok, Pope Francis expressed his gratitude to the small community of Catholics in the country for the warm welcome.