The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's daily COVID cases top 100,000 for 1st timeTOKYO - Japan's daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Thursday as the country struggles to contain a sixth wave of infections, driven by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.The cumulative total of coronavirus cases in Japan had topped 3 million as of Thursday, according to a Kyodo News tally based on local government releases.----------Over 20% of Japan's import items highly dependent on China: gov'tTOKYO - Over 20 percent of items im…READ FULL ARTICLE