11280 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://japantoday.com/category/sports/sports-events-held-in-empty-stadiums-in-japan-amid-virus-outbreakProfessional baseball games were held behind closed doors across Japan on Saturday amid mounting concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus. While baseball is one of the most popular sports in the country and is associated with fans cheering and singing in unison at packed venues, four afternoon games were held without spectators.Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:42:00 +0100japantoday-5376edcee6fab2f431c7d550d13c73ed20200229104200https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/02/3ffd4e52613f-sports-events-held-in-empty-stadiums-in-japan-amid-virus-outbreak.htmlProfessional baseball games were held behind closed doors across Japan on Saturday amid mounting concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus. While baseball is one of the most popular sports in the country and is associated with fans cheering and singing in unison at packed venues, four afternoon games were held without spectators.Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:27:00 +0100kyodonews-206a0e81566b68cd4f8fa09dcb96397b20200229102700https://interestingengineering.com/13-disasters-that-might-threaten-the-world-in-2020?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=article&utm_content=280220203. Lake Toba supervolcano is also a sleeping giant Source: Klim Levene/Flickr Yellowstone is not the only sleeping giant volcano on the planet. Lake Toba in Indonesia also sits on top of an enormous supervolcano. It last erupted about 74-75 thousand years ago and was so devastating that it is believed to have almost made humans extinct .Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:26:00 +0100interestingengineering-6ea7a65c76e90460e00a3c57e85b946020200228182600https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/coronavirus-targets-lungs-of-victims-scientists-find/1748775ANKARA. Doctors in China have established that the deadly coronavirus targets the lungs of its victims, according to a local media report on Friday. The autopsy of an 85-year-old man who died in Wuhan, China, showed that the lungs were the key area of damage, the South China Morning Post reported.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:53:00 +0100aa-en-bd8b758e9160956024c12032771f113920200228175300