The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan beats Australia in softball to start Olympic competitionFUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Tokyo Olympics began after a one-year postponement due to the coronavirus with the first pitch of Wednesday's softball game as host and defending champion Japan homered three times in an 8-1 win over Australia at Fukushima Azuma stadium, north of the capital.The venue, among those chosen in northeastern Japan, which was battered by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, was in line with organizers using the…READ FULL ARTICLE