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Everest survivor Dawa Sherpa's daughter Mendo Lhamu Sherpa applies ointment on his frostbitten hands in Kathmandu on June 18.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2026
Trapped on Everest for days, Nepalese survivor recounts escape
The mountaineer had nearly given up hope, and his family at home had begun mourning his death, till an avalanche came to save him.
Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate Balendra Shah (C) shows a victory sign after collecting a certificate following his win in parliamentary elections at the counting center in Damak, Nepal, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2026
Nepal¡¯s rapper-led centrist party heads for poll landslide
The vote was the first since deadly September 2025 youth anti-corruption protests toppled the government.
Balendra Shah (right), Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate and Kathmandu's former mayor greets supporters during a door-to-door election campaign at Gauriganj in Jhapa district on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
High-stakes showdown in Nepal¡¯s post-uprising polls
In Nepal¡¯s eastern plains, rival political flags flutter over tea farms and brick homes ¡ª symbols of a local election campaign shaping landmark nationwide polls.
Vehicles drive over a road made using recycled plastic waste in Pokhara, Nepal, on Dec. 26.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Jan 27, 2025
Rubbish roads: Nepal explores paving with plastic
Studies show that roads paved with plastic waste can be twice as durable as normal roads.
A man wades through water in an area affected by monsoon flooding in Roshi village in Nepal's Kavre district on Sept. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2024
Nepalis fear more floods as climate change melts glaciers
Nepal is reeling from its worst flooding in decades after monsoon rains swelled rivers and inundated neighborhoods in Kathmandu.
A man carrying a sack of flour wades through flood waters after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2024
170 dead in Nepal floods following relentless monsoon rains
While rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season, experts say climate change is exacerbating the situation.
2024 Paris Paralympics taekwondo bronze medalist Palesha Goverdhan greets the crowd upon her arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2024
Crowds give Nepal¡¯s first Paralympic medalist hero¡¯s welcome
Palesha Goverdhan brought the nation its first medal in the Games after returning home with a bronze in taekwondo.
Expedition tents at Everest Base Camp, 140 kilometers northeast of Kathmandu, in May 2021
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2024
As ice melts, Everest¡¯s ¡®death zone¡¯ gives up its ghosts
Among those scaling the soaring Himalayan mountain this year was a team aiming to bring corpses down.
Human rights activists hold placards during a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy in Kathmandu on Feb. 5. Nepali mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, lured to kill far from their Himalayan homeland by promises of a passport and cash, but wounded returnees warn anyone tempted to join the war: "Do not come."
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2024
¡®There to die¡¯: Nepali mercenaries fight for Russia in Ukraine
While Nepali soldiers-for-hire can earn nearly double what they make at home, conditions are brutal and many are killed or wounded.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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