18160GDACS 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 Kyushu Electric to scrap No. 2 reactor at Genkai nuclear plant due to cost of safety upgrades at aging sitehttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/13/national/kyushu-electric-scrap-no-2-reactor-genkai-nuclear-plant-due-cost-upgrading-safety-aging-site/FUKUOKA - Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it has decided to scrap its aging No. 2 reactor at its Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture. The utility abandoned a plan to restart the unit, which has an output of 559 megawatts, in the face of the huge costs involved in enhancing the safety of....Thu, 14 Feb 2019 05:26:00 +0100japantimes-c458f0b9620c041e99d0bcbf4f8df9db20190214052600Japan's economy grew 0.3 per cent in fourth quarter of 2018http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1694253TOKYO, Feb 14 (AFP) -- Japan's economy expanded in the final quarter of 2018 as the negative impact from a series of natural disasters over the summer receded, government data showed Thursday. The world's third largest economy benefitted from a rise in domestic demand, including in corporate investment and household spending.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:54:00 +0100bernama-15c3421483202ba921aeb3287c6a0dfe20190214045400An Earthquake Shook Istanbul for 50 Days—And Almost No One Noticedhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a26310349/unnoticed-earthquake-istanbul/On June 26, 2016, an earthquake hit the Sea of Marmara, just outside Istanbul, Turkey. It wasn't until 50 days later that it finally stopped. At the time, no one knew it was even happening. The earthquake is called a "slow-slip" event, and these types of quakes might be able to All earthquakes have....Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:19:00 +0100popularmechanics-d33d72f0fda599655c061dbff7c6c22120190214041900Japan's economy grew 0.3 pct in fourth quarter of 2018https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/14/19/japans-economy-grew-03-pct-in-fourth-quarter-of-2018TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economy expanded in the final quarter of 2018 as the negative impact from a series of natural disasters over the summer receded, government data showed Thursday. The world's third largest economy benefitted from a rise in domestic demand, including in corporate investment and household spending.Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:21:00 +0100abs-cbnnews-b2253883543e644ee219063d9d4a179120190214032100