164300 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 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1394229&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29The total number of nights spent by foreign guests in the disaster-hit northeast surpassed the 1 million mark in 2017 for the first time on the back of a continued increase in inbound tourism, according to a recent government survey. The survey by the Japan Tourism Agency showed a cumulative 1.Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:23:00 +0200japantimes-4f4c1fe147765142f460a6fc39fd29ea20180416122300https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/first-purpose-built-tsunami-high-ground-in-nz-opens-taurangaDeputy Mayor Kelvin Clout says the tsunami high ground built on a reserve is the culmination of years of ground breaking research and investment that has allowed the council to understand how a tsunami might affect its coastline. The high ground has been engineered to withstand a major earthquake,....Mon, 16 Apr 2018 06:43:00 +0200tvnz-3d269599c401afe4e0947d878cfcc62920180416064300https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1393551&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29A coastal area in Fukushima Prefecture’s Minamisoma, which seven years ago was overtaken by tsunami debris, is set to be resurrected as a major robotics research site. The Fukushima Robot Test Field, a 50-hectare site being built by the Fukushima Prefectural Government, is meant to be used by both....Sun, 15 Apr 2018 07:23:00 +0200japantimes-f472297180c617dc0747c806fd75096e20180415072300http://www.newsweek.com/fukushima-sized-mega-earthquake-predicted-hit-japan-754879Policemen search for missing people after the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster in Namie, a no-entry zone in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on March 11, 2017. On Wednesday, Japanese government experts warned its citizens a mega-earthquake as large as the one that caused Fukushima may hit in the next 30 years.Sun, 15 Apr 2018 04:29:00 +0200newsweek-USA-a3d91bd39c26005cf99b1f825ea6e9ef20180415042900