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The Langtang Collapse

On the morning of 26 August 2026, a collapsing glacier above Nepal's Langtang valley set off a flood that reached China within minutes and Nepal's plains within hours, killing more than nine hundred people. This article lays out the verified record: what happened, why disasters like it are striking this corridor more often, what science and policy have so far done about it, and what preparedness, justice and financing now require of both governments.

By The Langtang Collapse

September 3, 2026

Political Fund-Raising for Gender Equality

April 7, 2016

Political Leadership and Diversity - Towards the gender equal political participation

April 7, 2016

Japan Matters for America/America Matters for Japan (2015)

By East-West Center, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

March 31, 2016

The U.S.-Japan Alliance to 2030 -Power and Principle-

February 29, 2016

Kent E. Calder "The United States, Japan and the Gulf Region"

By Kent E. Calder Director, Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies SAIS/Johns Hopkins University

August 31, 2015

Preparing for Future Disasters: Strategic Assistance and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

By Thomas B. Fargo, Noboru Yamaguchi, Ryo Sahashi, Kei Koga, Alison Szalwinski, The National Bureau of Asian Research (Grant), The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

June 30, 2015

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