2710 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.japantoday.com/category/entertainment-arts/view/tokyos-kabuki-theater-due-to-undergo-remodelingA Tokyo theater familiar to many people for its presentation of the traditional Japanese entertainment kabuki will be closed at the end of April 2010…2008-12-24T00:23+0100japantoday-74fab31877248299abd873a6411f4c0f20081224002300http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/266/f/3503/s/29d67d2/l/0L0Sindependent0O0Cenvironment0Cnature0Cthe0Ebig0Equestion0Ewhy0Eis0Ethe0Epanda0Eso0Erevered0Eand0Eis0Eit0Echinas0Emost0Epowerful0Esecret0Eweapon0E120A85130Bhtml/story01.htmWhy are we asking this now? China has wheeled out its black and white furry secret weapon, the Giant Panda, in an attempt to cement relations with Taiwan, the island which Beijing considers an ...2008-12-23T04:39+0100AfghanistanSun-1d051e78ef2754705fbab0d26d1d394920081223043900http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-big-question-why-is-the-panda-so-revered-and-is-it-chinas-most-powerful-secret-weapon-1208513.htmlWhy are we asking this now? China has wheeled out its black and white furry secret weapon, the Giant Panda, in an attempt to cement relations with Taiwan, the island which Beijing considers an inalienable part of its territory. Relations between the mainland and Taiwan have improved since the....2008-12-23T01:06+0100independent-1d051e78ef2754705fbab0d26d1d394920081223010600http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20081223n1.htmlNAGOYA — Chubu Electric Power Co. said Monday it will decommission two aging reactors at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, and build a new reactor there. With a growing antinuclear power movement making it difficult for the government and utilities to find new....2008-12-22T22:38+0100japantimes-1531f97d24f0daaf39a48971686cb27320081222223800