20910 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/201904190009.aspxTaipei, April 19 (CNA) The United States and Japan, two of Taiwan's closest allies, have offered sympathy to those impacted by an earthquake that struck Taiwan Thursday, leaving at least 17 people injured. "AIT (American Institute in Taiwan) expresses its sympathy to anyone who experienced loss, injury, or damage in yesterday's earthquake.Fri, 19 Apr 2019 09:38:00 +0200focustaiwan-cfcd9a09eba02958cb79290e5fd7757a20190419093800http://www.iran-daily.com/News/251623.htmlThe company, known as TEPCO, has held discussions with the many sub-contractors working on the site to ensure any overseas staff working under the new arrangements have a full understanding of radiation safety and the necessary language skills, the spokeswoman said, Reuters reported. Around 4,000 workers are on the site every day, she said.Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:12:00 +0200iran-daily-c677a25a1e311ca5f26bad945fa18bdc20190419081200https://in.reuters.com/article/japan-nuclear-disaster-workers/fukushima-owner-to-allow-overseas-staff-to-work-on-disaster-cleanup-idINKCN1RV07N?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FINbusinessNews+%28News+%2F+IN+%2F+Business+News%29The company, known as Tepco, has held discussions with the many sub-contractors working on the site to ensure any overseas staff working under the new arrangements have a full understanding of radiation safety and the necessary language skills, the spokeswoman said. Around 4,000 workers are on the site every day, she said.Fri, 19 Apr 2019 06:07:00 +0200reuters-in-4897452e54ad443b0ef6fdda85ca0e6a20190419060700https://www.nepalitimes.com/here-now/nepals-traditional-seismic-resistant-designs/Such design is seen in old timber-framed and intricately jointed buildings in Japan and China, and also in structures across Nepal. For example, roof rafters are jointed to ridge poles and wall plates to allow a pivoting motion that helps isolate the roof structure from the rest of the building in case of ground movement.Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:55:00 +0200nepalitimes-aed6a85274ddf87d0b2f492645057cbc20190419055500