17610 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://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201903100012.aspxTaipei, March 10 (CNA) Although the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, relief work in its wake was a true testament of Taiwan's friendship, a Japanese official said Sunday. Kazuki Matsubara, head of the news and culture department at the Japan-Taiwan Exchange....Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:07:00 +0100focustaiwan-8eaa97db8a9e524daf9fd16ccd15732020190310160700https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/10/national/ishinomaki-whale-tooth-artisan-lost-shop-3-11-sees-chance-preserve-tradition/SENDAI - In a once-booming whaling community in the northeast, an artisan has managed to keep alive a whale-tooth crafting tradition after his store was destroyed by the mega-quake and tsunami in 2011. Carver Masayuki Chijimatsu, 65, now sells seals and accessories made from the teeth of sperm....Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:48:00 +0100japantimes-ad0e60eca49c15af9fc48b8bd49511fe20190310124800https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/03/10/business/tech/fujitsus-imaging-technology-speed-restoration-quake-hit-castles/Fujitsu Ltd. says it is developing an image-sensing technology system that will greatly speed up the restoration of stone walls on quake-hit castles and other cultural assets. With the technology, which the electronics company aims to put into practical use by the end of next March, the original....Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:15:00 +0100japantimes-136c3b0abd7ea94dd855eba93d682e9020190310111500https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/asie-pacifique/0600862096264-fukushima-renoue-avec-le-surf-2250892.php#xtor=RSS37La région japonaise était un des meilleurs spots de surfeurs avant la catastrophe de 2011. La réouverture récente d'une première boutique de planches est perçue comme un symbole de sa renaissance. Jusqu'au 11 mars 2011, Fukushima était connue pour sa houle et ses plages : au Japon, c'était avant tout un endroit privilégié pour les amateurs de surf.Sat, 09 Mar 2019 18:59:00 +0100LesEchos-375cd19c000728d4ea0ac60a52daa8c120190309185900