247110 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://sports.inquirer.net/379967/gretchen-ho-chosen-as-one-of-torchbearers-in-tokyo-2020-olympicsMANILA, Philippines — Television host and volleyball player Gretchen Ho has been selected as one of the torchbearers in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Ho took to Twitter to announce her successful application to be among the torchbearers in the awaited sports event.Sun, 29 Dec 2019 06:35:00 +0100inquirer-1303976dc0a8da8f81b0559bd623d68220191229063500https://manilastandard.net/news/national/313597/gretchen-ho-chosen-to-carry-olympic-torch-.html“Guess who’s going to be a torchbearer at the Tokyo2020 Olympics??? This is every athlete’s dream!!! I. Just. Can’t. Wait. For the new year to begiiiin!” she announced on her Twitter account. The relay will begin on March 12, 2020 with the lighting of the torch in Greece.Sat, 28 Dec 2019 17:15:00 +0100manilastandard-ph-18c745ac46d915b22b01c7aa6714e40820191228171500https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/12/23/national/release-radioactive-fukushima-water-sea-air-japans-meti-narrows-options/The economy and industry ministry has proposed gradually releasing or allowing to evaporate massive amounts of waste liquid that has been treated but is still contaminated with radioactive materials at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. The proposal, made Monday to a body of experts, is....Sat, 28 Dec 2019 12:23:00 +0100japantimes-d203000328b7f46e2e44f02160a83e0520191228122300https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/japan-revises-fukushima-cleanup-plan-delays-key-steps/article30419802.eceJapan on Friday revised a roadmap for the clean-up of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, further delaying the removal of thousands of spent fuel units that remain in cooling pools since the 2011 disaster. It’s a key step in the decades-long process, complicated by high radiation and other risks.Sat, 28 Dec 2019 12:07:00 +0100thehindu-e0ceb1902cc8055dbef09de140a03ab320191228120700