366270 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.masslive.com/business-news/index.ssf/2018/09/big_y_helpa_red_cross_disaster_relief_fo.htmlSPRINGFIELD -- Big Y World Class Markets are collecting donations for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts for the Merrimack Valley fires and explosions, Hurricane Florence and other incidents. The drive runs from Wednesday, Sept. 19 through Saturday, Sept. 29.Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:09:00 +0200masslive-cd772767048bd8642ed9896f5c03907420180919000900https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1489056&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29The powerful earthquake that recently hit Hokkaido threw a strong spotlight on how unprepared Japan is to provide foreign visitors with information during a crisis. With the number of foreign visitors expected to grow ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the government is introducing multilingual....Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:13:00 +0200japantimes-ead0ecf195318f94dc7ebe2d313e4e4020180918071300https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/18/18/olympics-sapporo-withdraws-from-2026-winter-games-bidLAUSANNE, Switzerland - The northern Japan city of Sapporo told the International Olympic Committee on Monday that it will give up its bid for the Winter Olympics in 2026. The capital of Hokkaido, which hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, decided to give up the 2026 bid following the Sept. 6 magnitude 6.Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:59:00 +0200abs-cbnnews-99fe01f962082f3c145e1d818feb7e7320180918025900https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/369936-cpec-projects-should-be-transparent-in-benefit-of-pakistan-japanese-envoyIslamabad: Ambassador of Japan Takashi Kurai has said as a long-term friend of Pakistan, Japan supports and wishes to contribute further to the development of Pakistan. In this respect, Japan sincerely hopes that the CPEC projects are to be implemented for the benefit of Pakistan and believes at....Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:28:00 +0200thenews-pk-97bdd75444145a17220bf5e047b36e2e20180918022800