1841070 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=1448770&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29Online users in Japan followed the storms that lead to devastating floods and landslides in the western part of the country closely as they unfolded last week. The topic remained central to discussion on social media as the days went on and the Many sprung into action as scenes from affected areas....Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:36:00 +0200japantimes-410bffe03d48bf0b1b65ce61287ced4e20180714163600https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/death-toll-in-japan-flood-disaster-climbs-to-209-3436366The death toll from torrential rains and floods in western Japan has reached 209, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Citing the National Police Agency, Tokyo-based The Japan Times reported that 209 people are confirmed dead, with many others still missing.Sat, 14 Jul 2018 14:01:00 +0200yenisafak-en-dbaacef4696ba84ddead7943ca502e3e20180714140100https://japantoday.com/category/national/Thousands-of-volunteers-arriving-in-flood-hit-areasThousands of volunteers started arriving Saturday in western Japan regions hit by the country's worst rain disaster in decades to help residents clean up. Prefectural governments in hard-hit Ehime, Hiroshima and Okayama expect some 18,000 volunteers from across the country to help flood victims in....Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:19:00 +0200japantoday-39b7af53204c151d8e73b6c8e1eac1c220180714101900https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1448751&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29OSAKA – Thousands of volunteers started arriving Saturday in western Japan regions hit by the country’s worst rain disaster in decades to help residents clean up. Prefectural governments in hard-hit Ehime, Hiroshima and Okayama expect some 18,000 volunteers from across the country to help flood....Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:43:00 +0200japantimes-d71dbcf86ec9165de2097cefad07018820180714094300