17850 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/news/2020/02/14/national/tokyo-olympics-south-korean-hazmat-posters/Seiko Hashimoto, minister for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, on Friday denounced South Korean-made posters showing an Olympic torch relay runner wearing a hazmat suit and what appears to be radioactive material spewing from the torch. The posters were reportedly drawn up by the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea, a civic group.Fri, 14 Feb 2020 07:49:00 +0100japantimes-461482f7ef0947d83de32a4f39d3fabf20200214074900https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/14/national/japan-flag-tsunami-warning/An expert panel of the Meteorological Agency has proposed that a red and white checkered flag be used to swiftly convey tsunami warnings to people with hearing impairments at seaside resorts. A test conducted at a beach in Yokohama found that a red and white checkered flag is easy to see for people....Fri, 14 Feb 2020 07:49:00 +0100japantimes-6397972be284d4aac3805bf3aff6aaac20200214074900https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/world/powerful-quake-hits-off-northern-japan-no-tsunami-danger-1.24075390TOKYO — A powerful earthquake hit off Japan's northern coast on Thursday, but there were no reports of serious damage or injuries and no danger of a tsunami, officials said. Japan's meteorological agency said the quake measured a preliminary magnitude of 7 and was located far off the northeastern coast of Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido.Fri, 14 Feb 2020 05:40:00 +0100princegeorgecitizen-17e561dc69e465d0faff3f88db740cf220200214054000http://www.met.gov.my/content/pdf/siaranmedia/english/13%20February%202020%20-Strong%20Earthquake%20in%20Kuril%20Islands%20on%2013%20February%202020%20at%206.33%20pm.pdfJMM/POCGN(O)/BK-23B Our Ref.: JMM.APL15/756/22/07 Jld.16(53) PRESS RELEASE Strong Earthquake in Kuril Islands A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred near Kuril Islands at 6:33pm (Malaysian Local Time) on 13 February 2020 . The epicentre of the earthquake was located at latitude 45.Fri, 14 Feb 2020 04:51:00 +0100met-my-4672ac43b33ed9fc0c7af052191a31d820200214045100