6011155 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/8784676/mag3quake-Jan-13-2024-Japan-TESHIKAGA-REGION.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Kushiro, a city with more than 183,600 inhabitants in , in 80 km (50 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the....2024-01-13T08:45+0100volcanodiscovery-20233dc7af4eecf479b8e2aef8c232cc20240113084500https://foreignpolicywatchdog.com/united-states/secretary-blinkens-meeting-with-japanese-foreign-minister-kamikawa-united-states-department-of-stateThe below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko and reaffirmed the vital importance of the ironclad U.S.-Japan Alliance in promoting global peace, security, and prosperity.2024-01-13T08:31+0100foreignpolicywatchdog-92bd31638e103f3b9dc157d6d88f436620240113083100https://foreignpolicywatchdog.com/united-states/secretary-antony-j-blinken-and-japanese-foreign-minister-kamikawa-yoko-before-their-meeting-united-states-department-of-stateSECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It is truly a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Kamikawa here to the State Department, to Washington, to the United States. Yoko, it’s so great to have you here. We have been working very closely together over the past months in many different....2024-01-13T08:31+0100foreignpolicywatchdog-27fd4c798ba47026d83fdbb052ccaa6a20240113083100https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15110923Hundreds of thousands of students across Japan began taking standardized university entrance exams that traditionally are viewed as an ordeal that will make or break their futures. A worrying statistic emerged this year. The figure fell below half a million for the first time in 32 years, a reflection of the dwindling birthrate.2024-01-13T08:20+0100ajw-e45afa6e204fa6479ca222cba300008920240113082000