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While this partly reflects the consciously isolated nation's desire to safeguard its culture and environme</p> <div class="date-area">May 5, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Nepal-growth-stymied-by-quake-Indian-border-blockade">Nepal growth stymied by quake, Indian border blockade </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Nepal-growth-stymied-by-quake-Indian-border-blockade"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0504n/0504-nepal/4451542-1-eng-GB/0504-nepal_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> NEW DELHI -- A year on, earthquake-shattered Nepal announced on Tuesday the downgrading of its growth forecast for the year ending July 15 to just 0.77% from a hoped-for 2% -- its weakest performance since 2002."A major factor in the downgrade is th</p> <div class="date-area">May 5, 2016 05:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Life-Arts/Restoration-of-Nepal-s-quake-ravaged-treasures-off-to-a-slow-start">Restoration of Nepal's quake-ravaged treasures off to a slow start</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Life-Arts/Restoration-of-Nepal-s-quake-ravaged-treasures-off-to-a-slow-start"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160428/20160428_nepal_roadup_bricks/4395932-5-eng-GB/20160428_nepal_roadup_bricks_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KATHMANDU VALLEY, Nepal Deftly handling tiny chisels and swabs of cloth, a dozen village women painstakingly chip away the crust and grime of centuries, restoring to life images of Brahma, Vishnu and other Hindu deities that grace an architectural</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Nepali-village-tells-story-of-official-neglect">Nepali village tells story of official neglect</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Nepali-village-tells-story-of-official-neglect"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425-nepal-16/4402995-1-eng-GB/20160425-nepal-16_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> LIPING, Nepal -- The small village of Liping, just next to Nepal's border with Tibet, is still reeling from the impact of a series of devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal from April 25, 2015. The highway that runs through the village, once </p> <div class="date-area">April 25, 2016 11:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Nepal-marks-1st-quake-anniversary">Nepal marks 1st quake anniversary</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Nepal-marks-1st-quake-anniversary"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0424t/nepal1st/4402421-1-eng-GB/nepal1st_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KATHMANDU (Kyodo) -- Nepal marked Sunday the first anniversary of its deadliest quake on record, with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and others observing a minute of silence at the 19th century Dharahara tower in central Kathmandu. Accor</p> <div class="date-area">April 24, 2016 05:18 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Kunda-Dixit-Deconstructing-Nepal-amid-aftershocks-of-apathy-and-neglect">Kunda Dixit: Deconstructing Nepal amid aftershocks of apathy and neglect</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Kunda-Dixit-Deconstructing-Nepal-amid-aftershocks-of-apathy-and-neglect"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0422t/20160422_nepal_foreign_media/4396857-1-eng-GB/20160422_nepal_foreign_media_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> It has been nearly one year since the massive earthquake in Nepal killed nearly 9,000 people. The foreign correspondents who flocked to Kathmandu immediately after the April 25 quake have returned for their obligatory first anniversary pieces, and t</p> <div class="date-area">April 22, 2016 06:10 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Panama-Papers-unsettle-Pakistan-s-politics">Panama Papers unsettle Pakistan's politics</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Panama-Papers-unsettle-Pakistan-s-politics"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0421t2/20160421_nawaz.jpg/4392093-1-eng-GB/20160421_nawaz.jpg_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is facing growing political pressure, including calls to resign, over revelations in the Panama Papers about his family's interests in assets held by offshore companies. Leaked documents from the</p> <div class="date-area">April 21, 2016 07:07 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Sachin-Chaturvedi-A-new-path-to-South-Asian-integration">Sachin Chaturvedi: A new path to South Asian integration</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> A new grouping of South Asian nations is shaping up as a potentially important vehicle for regional integration in an area where it has been badly lacking. The bloc could provide a great support for advancing peace, progress and prosperity and play </p> <div class="date-area">April 20, 2016 10:05 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Pakistan-highway-likely-among-first-AIIB-projects">Pakistan highway likely among first AIIB projects</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BEIJING -- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank likely will help fund a highway extension in Pakistan along with two other road projects to kick off its lending operations, the Financial Times has reported. The China-led bank, established in</p> <div class="date-area">April 20, 2016 05:22 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Sharif-helps-Sharia-banking-to-spread">Sharif helps Sharia banking to spread </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Sharif-helps-Sharia-banking-to-spread"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0419t/20160419_islam_banking1/4376743-1-eng-GB/20160419_islam_banking1_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KARACHI, Pakistan -- Islamic banking is growing fast in predominantly Muslim Pakistan, thanks to the growing popularity of its Sharia compliant structure and a helping hand from the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Islamic banking rem</p> <div class="date-area">April 20, 2016 12:30 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Nepal-s-heritage-sites-still-in-ruins-a-year-after-quake">Nepal's heritage sites still in ruins a year after quake</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Nepal-s-heritage-sites-still-in-ruins-a-year-after-quake"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0418t/20160418_nepal_woman/4369987-1-eng-GB/20160418_nepal_woman_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> KATHMANDU VALLEY, Nepal -- Deftly handling tiny chisels and swabs of cloth, a dozen village women painstakingly chip away the crust and grime of centuries, restoring to life images of Brahma, Vishnu and other Hindu deities that grace an architectura</p> <div class="date-area">April 19, 2016 07:49 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Film-award-puts-focus-on-Pakistan-honor-killings">Film award puts focus on Pakistan honor killings</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Arts/Film-award-puts-focus-on-Pakistan-honor-killings"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0413t/20160413_obaid-chinoy/4346456-1-eng-GB/20160413_Obaid-Chinoy_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> ISLAMABAD -- Campaigners in Pakistan have taken heart from the Academy Award won by a documentary about honor killings in the country to press for stronger legislation to protect potential victims. Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first</p> <div class="date-area">April 13, 2016 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Road-to-nuclear-free-world-fraught-with-challenges">Road to nuclear-free world fraught with challenges</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Road-to-nuclear-free-world-fraught-with-challenges"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0411n/0411n-flower-offering/4336389-1-eng-GB/0411N-flower-offering_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HIROSHIMA -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven countries called for a renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament here Monday, but the world must first overcome a mountain of challenges, such as stalled talks between the U.S. and Russia and gr</p> <div class="date-area">April 12, 2016 04:20 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/World-Bank-cuts-forecast-for-developing-Asia">World Bank cuts forecast for developing Asia</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> SINGAPORE - The World Bank has lowered its growth forecast for developing East Asia and the Pacific region this year to 6.3%, 0.1 point down from its projection in October. It expects China's slowdown and the decline in commodity prices to continue </p> <div class="date-area">April 11, 2016 11:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Panama-Papers-stir-emerging-world">Panama Papers stir emerging world</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Panama-Papers-stir-emerging-world"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0409t/20160409_panama_thailand/4331465-1-eng-GB/20160409_panama_thailand_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> BANGKOK -- The Panama Papers jolt is spreading to the emerging world. The list of people suspected of using offshore shell companies to squirrel away money is getting longer by the day. Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Pakistani Prime Minister</p> <div class="date-area">April 10, 2016 02:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Sri-Lankan-finance-minister-talks-up-friendship-with-China">Sri Lankan finance minister talks up friendship with China</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Sri-Lankan-finance-minister-talks-up-friendship-with-China"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0408t/20160408_cs2/4329790-1-eng-GB/20160408_cs_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> HONG KONG -- The Sri Lankan government, once keen to distance itself from a pro-China stance, is now steadily moving back to its former position. This was the message conveyed to the investment community by the country's finance minister, Ravi Karun</p> <div class="date-area">April 9, 2016 01:56 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Indonesia-5-other-Asian-states-Chad-to-attend-G-7-summit-in-Japan">Indonesia, 5 other Asian states, Chad to attend G-7 summit in Japan</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The leaders of Indonesia, Vietnam and four other Asian states, as well as the Sub-Saharan African nation of Chad will attend part of a Group of Seven summit that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will host in late May, the Japanese governme</p> <div class="date-area">April 8, 2016 07:30 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Morgan-and-Zhang-Asian-home-lending-a-source-of-stability">Morgan and Zhang: Asian home lending a source of stability</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Morgan-and-Zhang-Asian-home-lending-a-source-of-stability"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/20160405/20160405_huaian_real_estate/4307591-1-eng-GB/20160405_Huaian_real_estate_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> Financial sectors in Asian economies are dominated by banks, so maintaining their financial stability is crucial. Domestic banking crises often originate in the real estate sector -- the subprime crisis in the United States in 2007 to 2010 was only </p> <div class="date-area">April 7, 2016 12:25 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Asia-s-infrastructure-challenge-set-to-cost-6.5-trillion">Asia's infrastructure challenge set to cost $6.5 trillion</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Asia-s-infrastructure-challenge-set-to-cost-6.5-trillion"><img src="/web/20160505035220im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201603/20160311/20160311_jakarta-monorail/4188384-1-eng-GB/20160311_jakarta-monorail_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- Roads, railways, power plants -- Asia needs more of them. A lot more. Countries with large populations and rising income levels are setting ambitious infrastructure development goals, eager to tap into new funding sources like the China-</p> <div class="date-area">April 7, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035220/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160407-BRIDGING-THE-GAP/On-the-Cover/A-bridge-too-few">A bridge too few</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> Infrastructure deficit. Those two words are costing Asia a lot of money. As China's economic slowdown continues, its trading partners are increasingly looking to themselves and each other for growth. 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