216180 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 http://www.asiaone.com/asia/disaster-evacuation-centres-japan-cardboard-boxes-become-beds-chairs-even-toiletsSUMOTO, JAPAN - An increasing number of municipalities in Japan are signing contracts to have manufacturers supply evacuation centres with beds that can be assembled from cardboard boxes. With natural disasters striking all around the nation, members of the public are also getting involved in education campaigns and manufacturing such beds.Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:46:00 +0200AsiaOne-3325efe8d792860ce833fdcbbb11ed0620181014104600https://www.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=news&p=1521140&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+japantimes+%28The+Japan+Times%3A+All+Stories%29You wake to pitch blackness, the house shaking crazily. Nightmare? Yes — a waking one. “Where are my glasses?” You’re helpless without your glasses. The shaking gets worse. Earthquakes, typhoons, torrential rain, withering heat — this summer was a crash course in coping with natural onslaughts. The education is painful but necessary.Sat, 13 Oct 2018 16:18:00 +0200japantimes-fe038bb92731a8fd2b8c2fdc7788119920181013161800https://nypost.com/2018/10/13/magnitude-6-7-earthquake-strikes-kurile-islands-in-russia/A Japan Coast Guard vessel sails off Cape Nosappu with Russia's Kuriles in the background. Reuters. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck an area 175 miles northwest of the Kurile islands off Russia in the northwest Pacific on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.Sat, 13 Oct 2018 14:03:00 +0200nypost-88c106e4ceb9ca7e6cf79c7efdb4ef9020181013140300https://lematin.ma/express/2018/seisme-magnitude-53-secoue-l-japon/302622.htmlUn séisme de magnitude 5,3 s'est produit vendredi dans la préfecture japonaise de Chiba, à l'est du japon, selon l'Agence météorologique du Japon (JMA). L'épicentre du séisme, qui a été enregistré à 13h15 heure locale, a été localisé dans le nord-est de la préfecture, à 35,7 degrés de latitude Nord et 140,7 degrés de longitude Est.Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:51:00 +0200lematin-6b145449130cc14adc43c00537eaed8c20181012185100