The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan gov't refers to possible extension of COVID-19 emergencyTOKYO - Japan's top government spokesman on Sunday referred to the possibility of extending a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus in Tokyo, Osaka and seven other prefectures beyond the May 31 expiration date.The government "will discuss whether to scale down (the state of emergency) to quasi-emergency measures, or to bring (the nine prefectures) back to a normal state if a certain period of continuation of the (state of emergency) declar…READ FULL ARTICLE