The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's daily COVID cases top 50,000, new record for 5th straight dayTOKYO - Japan's confirmed daily coronavirus cases on Saturday topped 50,000, setting a new record for the fifth day in a row, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to spread across Japan quickly.Of the total, Tokyo confirmed 11,227 daily cases, surpassing its previous record high of 9,699 logged Friday, with Osaka Prefecture in western Japan also hitting a fresh high of 7,375 on Saturday.---------…READ FULL ARTICLE