The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's Kishida visits areas hit by 2011 disaster for 1st time as PMRIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday visited Japan's northeastern region for the first time since taking office to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.Kishida, who became prime minister earlier this month, offered flowers and prayed at a tsunami memorial park in the coastal city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, the first stop on his visit to the re…READ FULL ARTICLE
