Transforming a Struggling Japanese Rural Railway Line into a Hotel
Recognizing that the shift to sustainability will depend not only on high-tech solutions and tentpole projects, the Newsweek Japan SDGs Awards (aligned with the United Nations‘ Sustainable Development Goals) were launched in 2023, aiming to shine a light on Japanese companies working in this space. Ensen Marugoto Hotel Project, an innovative take on regional revitalization, […]
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Ukrainian Resistance Blows Up Railway in Occupied Territory
Pro-Ukrainian partisans said on Sunday they had “destroyed” equipment along a railway running through the eastern Ukrainian Luhansk region, in the latest of claimed attacks by Kyiv-aligned operatives against Russia. Why It Matters Russia annexed Luhansk, along with the neighboring Donetsk region and southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts, in fall 2022. Luhansk and Donetsk collectively […]
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