14800 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/national/view/m5-3-quake-hits-off-fukushima-jolts-kanto-no-tsunami-alert-issuedTOKYO. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck in the sea off Fukushima Prefecture at 10:51 a.m. Thursday, but no tsunami alert was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The agency said the epicenter was 40 kilometers deep. The quake registered a 4 in Fukushima Prefecture, 3 in Miyagi,....Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:30:00 +0100japantoday-4f7e41570be55c0a6b1b47ac4144919620141120033000http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/20/us-earthquake-japan-idUSKCN0J404420141120?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsTOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 hit northern Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said. A tsunami warning was not issued after the quake, which struck off the cost of Fukushima prefecture, NHK said. On March 11, 2011, the northeast coast was struck by a....Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:28:00 +0100reuters-00cccbfe6e28b118edbfc29a42d3ba2b20141120032800http://www.japantoday.com/category/opinions/view/olympic-hurdles-learning-from-european-successes-and-failuresTOKYO. Tokyo’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics was sunk by indifference. After years of rising economic insecurity and public debt, residents here were lukewarm about hosting the world’s costliest sporting extravaganza. It took disaster to rekindle Tokyo’s passion for the Games: The International....Thu, 20 Nov 2014 00:28:00 +0100japantoday-15ce6356135e288d07c4c3e7eb1a961420141120002800http://www.voanews.com/content/slow-motion-movements-earthquake-strength/2526801.htmlScientists know where earthquakes are likely to occur, but not when. Now, however, an American geologist and his team have found that it may be possible to forecast how strong an earthquake may be. The Earth’s crust is made of a mosaic of tectonic plates that move slowly, sometimes sliding under one another.Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:39:00 +0100voanews-3e5fdb71553c982bd819d1c4d6c28deb20141119233900