The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan to set up $4.4 billion "vaccine fund" under economic packageTOKYO - Japan plans to set up a 500 billion yen ($4.4 billion) fund aimed at supporting firms developing vaccines for infectious diseases and new drugs, under the first economic package to be drawn up since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida took office last week, government sources said Wednesday.Kishida has vowed to strengthen the government's coronavirus response, as well as Japan's science and technology. The idea of the fund came as Japanese co…READ FULL ARTICLE