The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan extends COVID emergency again, lays out plan for lifting curbsTOKYO - Japan's government decided Thursday to extend the COVID-19 state of emergency again for Tokyo and many other areas as hospitals remain stretched despite a falling number of infections, while it adopted a plan to ease restrictions once most of the population has been vaccinated.The state of emergency covering 21 of Japan's 47 prefectures had been slated to end Sunday but will remain in place through Sept. 30 in 19 prefectures, includi…READ FULL ARTICLE