257310 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://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2015/01/330227.htmlThe Japanese government will further ease visa requirements for high-income Chinese tourists by extending the validity of multiple-entry visas for such visitors to five years from the current three years, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. Such tourists will also have unrestricted travel....Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:38:00 +0100kyodonews-1e119de5e6b7114b2b92254199a9e21b20150106073800http://www.4-traders.com/UBE-INDUSTRIES-LTD-6491266/news/Ube--Japan-to-extend-visa-validity-for-high-income-Chinese-tourists-19619890/The Japanese government will further ease visa requirements for high-income Chinese tourists by extending the validity of multiple-entry visas for such visitors to five years from the current three years, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday. Such tourists will also have unrestricted travel....Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:27:00 +01004-traders-a71585e9541363ef772fdc6fd41ac40020150106072700http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/tsunami-coming-there-s-app-6215308?ref=rssWhile New Zealand thankfully escaped the tragic 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, it taught authorities here a thing or two. For the last 10 years Auckland Civil Defence has been crafting an app to give people as much warning as possible before, or when, a disaster hits.Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:02:00 +0100tvnz-206952017f91acb194dcb66409b8ca4820150106070200http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/313709A 5.6-magnitude earthquake was felt in the city of Christchurch in southern New Zealand on Tuesday morning (local time). There have been no reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued.Tue, 06 Jan 2015 05:56:00 +0100israelnationalnews-229071f726122e2ea61ac7a0bbd8a71820150106055600