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HIMALAYAS

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.
People ride in cable cars over the Chandragiri hilltop on the outskirts of Kathmandu on Feb. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2025
Nepal community fights to save sacred forests from cable cars
Five cable car projects have opened in the past two years ¡ª and 10 more are under development, according to government figures.
Rescuers inspect a damaged house following a powerful earthquake that struck Shigatse in southwestern China's Tibet region on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2025
Focus shifts to Tibet earthquake survivors as search called off
An initial tally on Tuesday night showed at least 126 people had been killed and 188 injured, according to Chinese state media.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, in October. India and China reached a border deal for Chinese forces to retreat from disputed territory and for India to resume border patrols.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2024
How India¡¯s soft power led to a border deal with China
New Delhi played its cards right, adopting a multipronged strategy that led to Beijing withdrawing from disputed territory that could be model for other countries, too.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2024
China and India bury the hatchet ¡ª for now, at least
Despite the agreement to disengage, the lack of trust is palpable. We are still just one misstep from an army patrol from another dangerous flare-up.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
Xi-Modi breakthrough followed months of pressure from India¡¯s CEOs
Indian businesses have increased pressure this year on Narendra Modi¡¯s government to relax the restrictions on China.
Indian soldiers disembark from a military transport plane at a forward airbase in Leh, in the Ladakh region, on Sept. 15, 2020.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
China and India end border impasse ahead of likely Xi-Modi meet
Relations between China and India have been frozen since June 2020 following clashes between soldiers along the disputed Himalayan border.
A Nepali paramilitary police force office in the village Hilsa, Nepal, on Oct. 12, 2023
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2024
China¡¯s ¡®new Great Wall¡¯ casts a shadow on Nepal
The fortification building spree is placing intense pressure on China¡¯s poorer, weaker neighbors.
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 truck drives along India's Tezpur-Tawang highway, which runs to the Chinese border, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Plans for the hydropower stations in the state are expected to be announced in the 2024/2025 federal budget that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government will unveil on July 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 10, 2024
India races to build power plants in region claimed by China, sources say
The construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh could raise tensions with Beijing that lays claims to the region.
Snow and ice on the Himalayas are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the river valleys below.
ENVIRONMENT
Jun 17, 2024
Low snow on the Himalayas threatens water security
Millions of people dependent on snowmelt for water face a ¡°very serious¡± risk of shortages this year after one of the lowest rates of snowfall.
Indian soldiers on the India-China border. Ties between India and China sunk in the aftermath of a confrontation in 2021 and haven¡¯t substantially improved since.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 8, 2024
India frees up 10,000 more soldiers to guard border with China
The assignment of troops to the stretch of border highlights the region¡¯s strategic importance.
A man carrying shovels walks along an area affected by a flood near the bank of the Teesta River in Singtam, Sikkim, India, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2023
A calamitous flood shows the dangers lurking in melting glaciers
At least 26 people were killed in the tiny state of Sikkim. But as much as the disaster was a shock, it was hardly a surprise.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 23, 2023
Subsidence in an Indian town raises wider concern for Himalayan region
The population in the Himalayan region ¡ª which grew by 250% from 1961 to 2011 ¡ª has stretched natural resources and caused major changes in land usage.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 22, 2021
Claiming the summit without reaching the top
Revelations from a team of respected researchers have thrust a question into the open: Has anyone ever reached the top of all the world¡¯s 8,000 meter peaks?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2021
China-India demilitarized zone upsets defense officials in Delhi
After the deadliest fighting in decades, India and China are setting up demilitarized areas along their Himalayan border ¡ª a move that has rankled some members of India¡¯s security establishment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 25, 2021
¡®No other option¡¯: Deadly India floods bare conflicts from hydropower boom
Experts say rampant construction is adding to the burden weighing on rural communities across the Himalayas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 19, 2021
China unveils new details of deadliest clash with India in decades
China said four of its troops died last June in a violent border conflict with India, the first detailed account of Chinese casualties from that time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021
Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal¡¯s mountain economy
Dhananjay Regmi, CEO of Nepal¡¯s tourism board, said in the long run the changing climate will undoubtedly lead to fewer tourists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Beyond COVID-19
Dec 28, 2020
Xi Jinping¡¯s strategic overreach in the Himalayas
China¡¯s ability to pursue its geopolitical ambitions is diminishing rapidly. Nowhere is this more apparent than in its relations with India.
South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed DMZ
North Korea's propaganda village Gijungdong as seen from a South Korea's observation post inside the Joint Security Area on the Demilitarized Zone in March 2023
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
At Yasukuni, the politicians followed the script, but the shrine did not
People crowd in front of Yasukuni Shrine to pay tribute to the war dead on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, in Tokyo on Saturday.
New shinkansen model delivered to Taiwan
A new Taiwan High Speed Rail train car is unloaded from a cargo ship at a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Saturday.
Trump orders ¡®inappropriate¡¯ U.S.-South Korean military drills scaled back
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies over Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Monday, after Seoul said that its annual Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises with the United States had started.
Unrelenting Russian anti-war protesters in Japan fight through inescapable doubt
Anti-war Russians protest Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in February.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
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.

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