192100GDACS EMM News Feed 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 Concerns heighten as Japan takes another step toward dumping nuke wastewater into Pacific Oceanhttps://pina.com.fj/2022/10/05/concerns-heighten-as-japan-takes-another-step-toward-dumping-nuke-wastewater-into-pacific-ocean/Environmental concerns were high on the list of issues to be addressed at the recent three-day Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders, held in Honolulu from 12 to 14 September with Japan’s decision to release up to 1.25 million tons of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean one of the most pressing concerns.2022-10-05T07:04+0200pina-8a3a58fbc143d0021cea3a83a79647e920221005070400Japan earthquake and tsunami: Before and after the cleanuphttps://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-japan-tsunami-before-after-slider-htmlstory.htmlMarch 11 marks the third anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that pummeled Japan, killing more than 20,000 people. Photographers for AFP/Getty Images and Kyodo News revisited the disaster scenes in 2013 to show the changes over the last two years. <br><a href="http://lat.2022-10-05T06:26+0200latimes-0514e27143da6d99d6a9fbd3d04b38a920221005062600Silang seeks to save cultural treasure churchhttps://lifestyle.inquirer.net/428801/silang-seeks-to-save-cultural-treasure-church/In October 2013, a violent earthquake struck the island of Bohol, damaging and destroying many heritage churches. In Silang, Cavite, realizing the threats posed by natural calamities on heritage structures and the need to have them protected, parish priest Fr.2022-10-04T15:52+0200inquirer-f07e3b18f7defccc4439dd636efab96e20221004155200How was the J alert transmitted? North Korea ballistic missile launchhttps://www.tellerreport.com/life/2022-10-04-how-was-the-j-alert-transmitted--north-korea-ballistic-missile-launch.SyeKgBjYMs.htmlAround 7:30 am on the 4th, the J-alert sounded at a house in Niijima Village, Tokyo = the siren of the nationwide instantaneous warning system. The government issued J-Alert five years ago, since 2017. We usually have few opportunities to come into contact with this information, but how did it reach the local people? An unfamiliar warning sound.2022-10-04T14:20+0200tellerreport-c6cf4f618beee61176c44f52f6b32be920221004142000