23280 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://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/819226e70653-urgent-abe-asks-organizers-to-be-careful-over-big-events-amid-virus-spread.htmlPrime Minister Shinzo Abe's government will not extend its current request for school closures across Japan to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and will allow classes to begin as scheduled in Japan's new academic year from April, the education minister said Friday.Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:38:00 +0100kyodonews-89b3268739f5a1d2e5c4ad725ad5c45c20200320123800https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/03a9f9ff1189-update3-olympic-flame-arrives-in-japan-despite-coronavirus.htmlThe flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics arrived Friday at an air base in Japan, beginning the domestic buildup even as doubts continue over what impact the coronavirus pandemic would have on the country's hosting of the sporting showpiece. The Japanese leg of the torch relay, with the concept of....Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:22:00 +0100kyodonews-0bc14d3e24954c75b5114b955f1c720620200320082200https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/03/03a9f9ff1189-update3-olympic-flame-arrives-in-japan-despite-coronavirus.htmlThe flame for this summer's Tokyo Olympics arrived Friday at an air base in northeastern Japan in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Amid growing worries among athletes around the world that the quadrennial Summer Games might be at risk of postponement or cancellation, the Japanese leg of the....Fri, 20 Mar 2020 06:24:00 +0100kyodonews-3ab108df8c95d720d434fe3ad3e4b3bc20200320062400https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/covid-19-a-hugger-s-guide-to-staying-the-hell-away-from-people.htmlIn these times of social distancing, we’re going to have to accept that things are going to get awkward, writes Pallas Hupé Cotter. I have friends who are huggers, and people who know me know that I’m a hugger. I even sign off emails with “Hugs, Pallas.Fri, 20 Mar 2020 05:49:00 +0100newshub-8a1ae4c79013be69b3133cb941653e6720200320054900