The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's COVID quasi-emergency to completely end: PM KishidaTOKYO - Japan will end its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency as scheduled next week in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the number of new infections has been trending downward, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday.The quasi-state of emergency, in place since late January due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus, has allowed governors to request that restaurant…READ FULL ARTICLE