24670 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.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/04/01/editorials/bidding-goodbye-heisei-saying-hello-reiwa/The closely watched announcement by the government that Reiwa will be the name for the new Imperial era beginning May 1 puts the preparation for the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the enthronement of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, in the final stage.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:38:00 +0200japantimes-81a3a6d366e305984dbfc6193360481520190401133800http://www.tribunaolimpica.es/articulo/tokio-2020/tokio-2020-presenta-antorcha-olimpica-inspirada-flor-cerezo/20190325191458004336.htmlLa organización de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020 presentó el diseño de su antorcha olímpica, inspirado en la flor del cerezo y cuyo recorrido por Japón coincidirá con el florecer de este icónico árbol. El comité organizador desveló el aspecto que tendrá la antorcha en un acto celebrado en....Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:34:00 +0200nuevatribuna-fdeac6022f14c6103575d878c046cecf20190401103400https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japan-unveil-imperial-era-name-014548164.html(Bloomberg) -- Japan named its next imperial era Reiwa, or roughly “auspicious calm,” as the nation prepared for a once-in-a-generation transition in the world’s oldest continuous monarchy, with a new emperor set to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne next month.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:04:00 +0200news-yahoo-b0c082dd717a256a9e3e56d4212859f020190401100400https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/01/reiwa-how-japans-new-era-name-is-breaking-traditionPlaced in that literary context, the kanji can be read to mean “fortunate” or “auspicious”, and “peace” or “harmony”. Some on social media said the name had more authoritarian overtones, noting that the first character also means “order” or “command”, and features in the Japanese words for official announcement and law.Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:04:00 +0200newsnow-co-uk-6070cf38d7029251eed63c3526af141520190401100400