5901 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.nbcbayarea.com/tag/earthquake-safety/A UC Berkeley researcher says that automatic gas shutoff devices, like those used in Los Angeles and Japan, could cut the number of post-earthquake fires in half in San Francisco. What happens with the gas meters during a big earthquake? Other earthquake-prone areas have made important safety upgrades.2024-02-21T20:54+0100nbcbayarea-0913c878bbd3acc8032e8fbb4a375cf220240221205400https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/21/japan-airlines-all-nippon-airways-baggage-catering-drivers-cheated-exams-haneda-airport-tokyo-japan/Japan’s two biggest and rival airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), admitted that some of their staff had cheated in their written driving license examinations that the airlines’ subsidiaries conducted, according to multiple reports.2024-02-21T19:46+0100dailycaller-719309ab1c7e928727f123bf73b33e4f20240221194600https://www.neimagazine.com:443/news/newsrestart-of-japans-onagawa-2-delayed-until-september-11533455Print Email Japan's Tohoku Electric has said it plans to restart unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear station in Miyagi Prefecture around September after additional safety construction works have been completed. In January Tohoku gave notice that safety upgrades would not be completed in February as planned.2024-02-21T15:58+0100neimagazine-78161c3ff2206aee699a0b7edbc1e1be20240221155800https://www.mofa.go.jp/erp/ca_c/tm/pageite_000001_00179.htmlOn February 21, commencing at 5:15 p.m.(local time) for approximately 20 minutes, Mr. HAYASHI Yoshimasa, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, held a meeting with H.E. Ms. Dunyagozel GULMANOVA, Chairperson of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, during her visit to Japan. The overview of the courtesy call is as follows.2024-02-21T15:31+0100mofa-go-jp-b2b0a471dc421894d6aa57889e790bdc20240221153100