12111 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.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/japan-opens-hokuriku-shinkansen-extension/JAPAN’s latest section of high-speed line opened on March 16, linking Tokyo with Tsuruga in Fukui prefecture. Six new stations were built as part of the 125km Hokuriku Shinkansen extension, construction of which started in 2012. The new line from Tsuruga, on the northern coast of Honshu, connects with the existing high-speed network at Kanazawa.2024-03-18T13:44+0100railjournal-a2ab314a2fb680d44e35feaacb1b672420240318134400https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8915036/mag5quake-Mar-18-2024-Volcano-Islands-Japan-Region.htmlBased on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 9 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years) Mag. 6 or higher: 0.07 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 13.2024-03-18T12:26+0100volcanodiscovery-cadea26d7285c18aeb989b1b94c7a8b420240318122600https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8914909/quake-felt-Mar-18-2024-Near-Tokyo-Tokyo-Japan.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Tokyo, the capital of with 8,300,000 inhabitants, in 37 km (23 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking.2024-03-18T11:07+0100volcanodiscovery-a2a945bcbc8c714afeff18028d7a15ee20240318110700https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/8914466/mag4quake-Mar-18-2024-Japan-BUNGO-CHANNEL.htmlNearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Matsuyama, a city with more than 440,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 75 km (47 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to....2024-03-18T03:17+0100volcanodiscovery-ebe315d5da267cca96aeaecdadf3381620240318031700