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Imagery, Algorithms, and the Ballot

Imagery, Algorithms, and the Ballot

What Takaichi’s Victory Says About Youth Politics in the Digital Age

A taste of old Nepal in Tokyo

A taste of old Nepal in Tokyo

Serving authentic, innovative Nepali cuisine in the Japanese capital

Turbulent Currents, Merging Storms

Turbulent Currents, Merging Storms

Increasing interconnectedness of transnational conflicts in Northeast Asia creating a volatile situation akin to the Fujiwhara effect

Lights, shadows and space

Lights, shadows and space

All photos: ASHISH DHAKALDuring the day, beams of sunlight push in obliquely through the glass windows at Galley Mcube in Lalitpur, dividing the…

Japanese cosmetics

Japanese cosmetics

Japanese cosmetic brands MEISHOKU and MOMOTANI owned by Momotani Juntenkan Ltd have launched their skincare and beauty products in Nepal in…

Made in Nepal peanut butter in Japan

Made in Nepal peanut butter in Japan

A Japanese social entrepreneur brings skills and income to Khotang’s peanut farmers by finding export market

Japan’s political games begin

Japan’s political games begin

Photo: TAKASHI AOYAMA/PROJECT SYNDICATEOn 8 July, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency in Tokyo until 22 August, owing to the…

Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?

Vaccines too little, too late for Nepal?

Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan.…

Japan to assist Nepali mothers and children

Japan to assist Nepali mothers and children

Photo: WFP NEPALThe Government of Japan is to provide assistance worth $3.47 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Nepal, to…

Nepal-Japan jobs deal still stuck

Nepal-Japan jobs deal still stuck

Prakash Parajuli at the Tribhuvan International Airport, before boarding his flight to Japan. PHOTO: PRAKASH PARAJULIOn 21 December 2020,…

The vagaries of fate

The vagaries of fate

In her last column, Lisa Choegyal takes us on the Trans-Siberian Railway during the Soviet days

Nepal’s women envoys make a mark

Nepal’s women envoys make a mark

Nepal has a female president and a Constitution that reserves positions in government and legislatures to women, and in the foreign service…

A Himalayan High

A Himalayan High

Takashi Miyahara was Nepal’s tourism pioneer who founded Himalayan Kanko Kitatsu and built Hotel Everest View and Syangboche Airfield 50 years…

Counting what counts in Nepal

Counting what counts in Nepal

The state of the toilet at Kathmandu airport is a better indicator of progress than the Human Development Index

Back to the future in Nepal

Back to the future in Nepal

For Nepalis who migrated to New South Wales, it must feel like going from the frying pan into the fire

For Nepal’s migrant workers, good news in small bites

For Nepal’s migrant workers, good news in small bites

On International Migrants Day, time to reflect on the gains and challenges ahead

Miyahara-san: a life devoted to Nepal

Miyahara-san: a life devoted to Nepal

In the lap of Himalaya: Takashi Miyahara is cremated below Everest on Wednesday, 26 November 2019. Photo: SONIA MIYAHARATakashi Miyahara who…

Why Nepalis are flocking to Okinawa

Why Nepalis are flocking to Okinawa

When she is not at university, Anita Sapkota, 27, helps her husband manage and run the Shiva Mahal restaurant in Naha.Five years ago,…

The religion of rugby

The religion of rugby

The 20-nation 2019 Rugby World Cup will kick off in Japan next month, but many in Nepal will not know it

Modern day Arniko

Modern day Arniko

When he was younger, Manjul Baraili would be chiseling away into stone to create sculptures while his friends played marbles nearby. He dreamed…

HARDWORKING  STUDENTS

HARDWORKING STUDENTS

Photo: GOPEN RAINepal’s Number 1 export has been its people. In feudal times, impoverished farmers fled indebtedness, poverty and discrimination…

Migration Certificate

Migration Certificate

‘Abroad Study’ has entered the Nepali lexicon. Student out-migration now rivals the medical education industry, overseas contract work, and…

Worker’s widow sues Japan government

Worker’s widow sues Japan government

​A portrait of Nepali migrant worker Arjun Bahadur Singh at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday in which Japanese human rights lawyer…

Modern Arniko

Modern Arniko

Ganesh Lamsal in Naya Patrika on 25 JuneTen years ago Manjul Mitteri (Baraili), of Morang, announced he would donate 1000 stone statues to the…