The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan to expand COVID-19 state of emergency to 8 more prefecturesTOKYO - The Japanese government is set to decide Wednesday to bring eight more prefectures under its COVID-19 state of emergency as the country grapples with its largest wave of infections.Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima will come under the measure from Friday until Sept. 12, joining 13 other prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, as approved by a panel of experts in infectious diseases and other fields.-------…READ FULL ARTICLE