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BALENDRA SHAH

Demonstrators take part in the youth-led protests in Kathmandu that toppled Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in September.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 29, 2026
Nepal after the fires: Can a landslide deliver democratic stability?
Balen¡¯s rise must be understood against this combustible backdrop. His party¡¯s victory is less a conventional mandate than a rejection of the old order.
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.
People wait in line to vote outside a polling station during the general election in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 5, 2026
Nepal election pits former rapper against old guard vying for Gen Zs
Thursday¡¯s election is just six months after deadly protests against unemployment, corruption and inequality swept the nation, prompted by a ban on social media sites.
Balendra Shah (C), Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) election candidate and Kathmandu's former mayor greets supports during a door-to-door election campaign at Gauriganj in Jhapa district on Feb. 16.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 25, 2026
Nepal¡¯s rapper-mayor in pole position to become prime minister
There are no reliable opinion polls ?in Nepal, but four political analysts and local media project the 25-year-old as the leading prime ministerial choice.
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.
Balendra Shah, a former rapper and composer who currently serves as the mayor of Kathmandu, attends Indra Jatra festival at Kathmandu Durbar Square on Sept. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2025
Former rapper to run for Nepal PM in key vote after Gen Z protests
Balendra Shah, 35, is set to become prime minister ?if the Rastriya Swatantra Party wins the March 5 parliamentary election.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Authorities urge continued caution after heavy rain in Chiba leaves eight dead
A local resident walks past a 7-Eleven convenience store in a flooded area after heavy rain in the city of Oamishirasato, Chiba Prefecture, on Friday.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
Â鶹´«Ã½ inflation paradox is creating winners and losers
Chieko Sugai at her home in Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®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.

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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.
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