22840 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.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30364560A strong earthquake hit a wide area in Hokkaido on Thursday night, registering lower six on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of seven in the town of Atsuma in the prefecture. No tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred at about 9:22 p.m.Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:39:00 +0100nationmultimedia-6f39a9d721e9aceb165c8ed833068d6020190222143900http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Japan_govt_Fukushima_operator_told_to_pay_over_nuclear_disaster_999.htmlA Japanese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay 419.6 million yen ($3.8 million) to 152 local residents, a court spokeswoman told AFP.Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:49:00 +0100terradaily-fa03e45072f6aec7fbc7eab9b9f07e9120190222114900https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10093/japan-open-letterAs someone who has lived in Japan for many years, worked with them, studied their history and language, admires them and would happily return to/retire in the country, I understand their preoccupation with peace. It is not just the trials of WWII, which would have led to the mass starvation of 50%....Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:18:00 +0100gatestoneinstitute-22c2e7b997f0047e28da239c9b84c0cd20190222111800https://www.asiaone.com/asia/strong-quake-hits-hokkaidoA strong earthquake hit a wide area in Hokkaido on Thursday night, registering lower six on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of seven in the town of Atsuma in the prefecture. No tsunami warning was issued. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the quake occurred at about 9:22 p.m.Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:23:00 +0100AsiaOne-95486bd1493baf57093fe67046ec65e420190222082300