12710 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 http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/29/c_139098804.htmTOKYO, May 29 (Xinhua) -- A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Hida District of Japan's Gifu Prefecture on Friday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at 7:05 p.m. local time, with its epicenter at a latitude of 36.3 degrees north and a longitude of 137.6 degrees east, and at depth of 10 km.Fri, 29 May 2020 13:40:00 +0200xinhuanet_en-2851e0010e4ad77c50bcaa7dd7084e9220200529134000https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/05/29/commentary/japan-commentary/covid-19-means-japan-u-s-alliance/Washington – On May 11, media reported that Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, would be quarantined for one week after coming into a contact with a relative who has COVID-19. The same report also indicated that the commanding general of the National Guard Bureau in the U.Fri, 29 May 2020 13:15:00 +0200japantimes-3361ef89f16bd9845555d19c456a09b620200529131500https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/29/national/iwate-311-memorials-canceled/This year’s memorial events for the Great East Japan Earthquake have been canceled one after another due to the spread of the COVID-19. Even in Iwate, the only prefecture in the country that has so far had no cases of infection, most events around the Golden Week holidays in May were canceled.Fri, 29 May 2020 08:43:00 +0200japantimes-8da3bde770406f0fec128aaf5fcefe7620200529084300https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news_column/regional-voices-tohoku/May 29, 2020. Charity events and victim support projects put on hold due to coronavirus pandemic. Apr 24, 2020. Residents in the Shidayachi district in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, who were affected by last October’s typhoon are facing a decision over whether to rebuild their ruined properties or to relocate.Fri, 29 May 2020 08:43:00 +0200japantimes-0a126a56fc8ad5cd79b74bb53477afdc20200529084300