18610 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/2020/04/10/national/shanghai-fukushima-tourism/Fukushima – Xu Quanyi was on his first trip to Fukushima Prefecture when a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the region. Nine years later, the Shanghai native is working hard to promote the charm of the prefecture overseas in order to dispel misunderstandings and prejudice stemming from the 2011 nuclear meltdown.Fri, 10 Apr 2020 06:38:00 +0200japantimes-59d68c2a4677c975de5d6fd1c060888320200410063800https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/09/all-about-sarah-by-pauline-delabroy-allard-review-passion-in-parisT wo women meet at a dinner party. One is a teacher, the generally sensible mother of a young girl; the other is a flamboyant, beautiful violinist who talks loudly and exudes a captivating spontaneity. The teacher, who narrates the story, falls for Sarah with a consuming, destructive passion.Thu, 09 Apr 2020 10:18:00 +0200guardian-9dcd3032f3142a22fdb129222154cd0420200409101800https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2020/04/7dd43c61eb5a-irene-hirano-head-of-us-japan-council-and-sen-inouyes-wife-dies.html(Irene Hirano (4th from L), wife of Daniel K. Inouye, the late senator from Hawaii, takes part in a ceremony at the airport renamed after him on May 30, 2017, to commemorate the name change) WASHINGTON - Irene Hirano, head of the U.S.-Japan Council and widow of the late U.S. Sen.Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:10:00 +0200kyodonews-1e7ea7950a96f2a91b3a9d158028ee9320200409091000https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/09/national/irene-hirano-obit/Washington – Irene Hirano, head of the U.S.-Japan Council and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died Tuesday in Los Angeles following an extended illness, the council said Wednesday. She was 71. Born in Los Angeles, she was also president and founding CEO of the Japanese American National....Thu, 09 Apr 2020 07:02:00 +0200japantimes-c4414cf44598c452ab9faef8c735cf2320200409070200