The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan to extend COVID quasi-emergency in 17 prefs., end it in 5TOKYO - A government panel on Friday approved the extension of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency measures until March 6 in 17 prefectures including Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to curb coronavirus infections, while ending them Sunday in five other prefectures.The planned extension, to be formally decided at a task force meeting later in the day, means that 31 of Japan's 47 prefectures including Tokyo would remain under a quasi-state of emer…READ FULL ARTICLE