500 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=1405973&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29At an upcoming summit meeting, Japan will take steps to beef up collaboration with Pacific island nations in an effort to promote the free and open Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. At the eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, or PALM 8, to be held May 18-19 in the city....Sun, 06 May 2018 13:27:00 +0200japantimes-930df5ad24f9d0ea2529e46a0158273720180506132700http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/05/03/2003692441Taiwan on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment to assisting the Solomon Islands in improving its weather forecasting and earthquake detecting capabilities. The Solomon Islands is one of Taiwan’s allies in Oceania. The two nations on April 28 last year signed a memorandum of understanding to advance climate and seismology research.Wed, 02 May 2018 19:14:00 +0200taipeitimes-89b4dd4964990bf680a6ccc71e12f4ab20180502191400https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/caterpillar-toxic-oak-processionary-moths-asthma-attack-vomiting-skin-rash-london-england-a8327456.html1/95 End of the world fears sparked by 'blood moon' and meteor strike prophecy. Minority Christian groups have predicted the world will end later this month – when they say a ‘blood moon’ will bring about an apocalyptic meteor strike. Scientists say a ‘blood moon’ will occur on September 28, when....Sat, 28 Apr 2018 21:45:00 +0200independent-UK-759d8238b5d7056915a0353b7cc34feb20180428214500http://www.radionz.co.nz/tags/West%20PapuaA programme called 'Bright Indonesia' has been launched by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to increase the electrification rate in the country's eastern provinces. A former West Papuan journalist has recently finished a novel that highlights on human rights issues in Indonesia's Papua....Fri, 27 Apr 2018 04:57:00 +0200rnzi-d7afac5bf077cf824e47130d3936813220180427045700