The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan 2-shot vax rate tops 50%, tracking levels in major Euro nationsTOKYO - More than 50 percent of Japan's population has received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, with the vaccination rate on course to soon draw level with major economies in Europe, the minister in charge of coronavirus response said Sunday."If vaccination moves ahead at the current pace, it will surpass 60 percent by the end of this month," Yasutoshi Nishimura said on a TV program, drawing a comparison with current rates in Britain and F…READ FULL ARTICLE