The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Biden makes 1st visit to Japan as U.S. president to beef up allianceTOKYO - U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Japan Sunday, his first visit to the country since taking office, hoping to bolster the bilateral alliance amid China's assertiveness and reaffirm cooperation over Russia's war in Ukraine.To step up U.S. economic engagement in the region, Biden will announce on Monday the launch of the Indo-Pacific economic framework, likely along with a list of participants, White House National Security Adviser J…READ FULL ARTICLE