3210 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6HH3PD?OpenDocumentThe Government of Japan has already dispatched Japan Disaster Relief Teams, and extended emergency assistance in kind as well as Grant Aid in response to the large-scale earthquake disaster in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the surrounding areas on October 8. The following is a review of the Japan's response so far: I.2005-10-25T05:22+0200reliefWeb-cfbda11c0a62fc823c24be956ccddf4720051025052200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6HG3RE?OpenDocumentOn October 20, JICA dispatched a second Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) medical team to the region in northern Pakistan affected by the massive October 8 earthquake. The 21-member team includes doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and coordinators. At the official request of the Japanese government, this group....2005-10-24T05:22+0200reliefWeb-1a5dd8987d2e0632e0732d8bce13079c20051024052200http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3950315.stmThe devastation wreaked by an earthquake is not simply connected to its strength. A tremor of magnitude 8 hit northern Japan last September - the strongest anywhere in the world in recent years. But because its epicentre was far offshore, and because the quake hit hardest in under-populated areas,....2005-10-24T03:48+0200bbc-1a5e32ab40d97af33e9e7a3ba434277820051024034800http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1268194.cmsTOKYO: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 6.5 struck northeastern Japan late Wednesday. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 6.5 struck northeastern Japan late Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The temblor shook buildings in Tokyo and nearby areas, but there were no immediate....2005-10-21T15:53+0200timesofindia-13ac2370f26020c7e7b77029870b6dc220051021155300