21520 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.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/7963974/mag3quake-Oct-26-2023-Japan-FAR-E-OFF-NORTH-HONSHU.htmlSeismic station: Miyagi Marumori (JMM/JP network) | Distance from quake: 326 km / 202 mi | Show on map Station Info Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2023-10-26T04:13+0200volcanodiscovery-b99964d8a3b6f933f1b1186953e355e820231026041300https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-10-25/japan-rewards-diligent-taxpayers-with-kobe-beef-and-other-delicacies.htmlSince 2008, Japan has had a tax called furusato nozei, which rewards people who pay it with a variety of luxury products. Initiated by Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s former Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, the so-called “hometown tax” revenue is channeled to specific municipal governments in underpopulated areas of the country.2023-10-26T02:36+0200elpais-en-5ce20140cd8f11fec60d441eac2751b620231026023600https://www.tag24.it/807035-terremoto-giappone-magnitudo-6-allerta-tsunami/Una forte scossa di terremoto è stata registrata nelle acque dell’arcipelago delle isole Izu . La magnitudo è stata di 6.0 e al momento le autorità competenti hanno rilasciato l’ allerta per un possibile tsunami . Incrociando i dati messi a disposizione dall’Istituto nazionale di geofisica e....2023-10-25T17:32+0200tag24-40b7ce769558d3e6f3f3b2df819f5ed920231025173200https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/glof-early-warning-systems-need-be-people-centred-and-risk-informed-says-un-escap/article67457811.eceThe calamitous Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in North Sikkim following a cloudburst over Lhonak lake calls for the need for incorporating complex risk scenarios of fragile mountainous ecosystems. The UN-ESCAP advises a twin-track resilience strategy can be built on risk-informed multi-hazard....2023-10-25T15:47+0200thehindubusinessline-0a4ecf2758555e07abd6dbd00714c41120231025154700