2340GDACS 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 Local gov't treatment of homeless during typhoon raises concernshttps://japantoday.com/category/national/local-gov%27t-treatment-of-homeless-during-typhoon-raises-concernsWhen a massive typhoon ripped through Japan earlier this month, several homeless people were denied access to shelters or emergency assistance, raising concerns about how local governments respond during natural disasters when society's most vulnerable are in peril.Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:18:00 +0200japantoday-0cfb5e57db27dfa6a4272c5993189ed720191025001800Tokyo local governments' treatment of homeless during Typhoon Hagibis raises concernshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/24/national/tokyo-homeless-typhoon-hagibis-concerns/When a massive typhoon ripped through Japan earlier this month, several homeless people were denied access to shelters or emergency assistance, raising concerns about how local governments respond during natural disasters when society’s most vulnerable are in peril. In Tokyo’s Taito Ward on Oct.Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:54:00 +0200japantimes-58f041a798bb4eed21ca1f462313793e20191024115400Local government treatment of homeless during typhoon raises concernshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/24/national/tokyo-homeless-typhoon-hagibis-concerns/When a massive typhoon ripped through Japan earlier this month, several homeless people were denied access to shelters or emergency assistance, raising concerns about how local governments respond during natural disasters when society’s most vulnerable are in peril. In Taito Ward on Oct.Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:11:00 +0200japantimes-e29a2c832b4978e9f173b1c2a76ab76b20191024111100The new norm: Japanese experts warn of more rain, raging rivers and submerged homeshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/10/23/national/extreme-weather-japan-experts-rain-floods-typhoons/With torrential rain, raging rivers and submerged homes, the havoc wrought by Typhoon Hagibis was a grim reminder that extreme weather may now be the new norm in this disaster-prone nation. It was only last month that compact Typhoon Faxai nailed the Kanto region, blowing off roofs and triggering massive blackouts in Chiba Prefecture.Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:22:00 +0200japantimes-faa62a0e4e60e232612f3582759634ad20191023112200