320430GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Japanese still near top of rankings for life expectancy, 2017 figures showhttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1452533&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you're not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: http://www.enable-javascript.com/ The average life expectancy for women in Japan was 87.26 years in 2017, ranked No. 2 in the world. For men, the figure was 81.09, ranked No. 3.Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:11:00 +0200japantimes-889398503aa5455ad5bc3223b85af74b20180720161100Fukushima nuclear isotopes found in Californian winehttp://www.heart.co.uk/news/uk-world/fukushima-nuclear-isotopes-found-in-californi/The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in 2011 has led to a spike in levels of a radioactive isotope in Californian wines, scientists say. An increase in the levels of caesium-137 has been identified in several different wines by specialists from the University of Bordeaux in France, who say levels doubled in 2011.Fri, 20 Jul 2018 14:13:00 +0200heart-2f3ce13d02901fbba270176912e19b4620180720141300Fukushima nuclear isotopes found in Californian winehttps://news.sky.com/story/fukushima-nuclear-isotopes-found-in-californian-wine-11443126The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant in 2011 has led to a spike in levels of a radioactive isotope in Californian wines, scientists say. An increase in the levels of caesium-137 has been identified in several different wines by specialists from the University of Bordeaux in France, who say levels doubled in 2011.Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:19:00 +0200skynews-9c45d5d9067ff8f1d6c8d431b0a42ecd20180720131900Fewer baby boys were born after three major earthquakes in Japan A lower proportion of boys were born nine months after Japan’s three worst earthquakes in recent history, suggesting stress makes it harder to conceive maleshttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2174731-fewer-baby-boys-were-born-after-three-major-earthquakes-in-japan/By Alice Klein. Fewer boys were born nine months after the three worst earthquakes in Japan’s recent history, a study has revealed. The finding hints that stress makes it harder to conceive sons. Misao Fukuda at M&K Health Institute in Japan and his colleagues studied the birth records of Japanese....Fri, 20 Jul 2018 13:16:00 +0200newscientist-f5df7c30943c6515b831e45f782d8b1820180720131600