The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 230,000, record for 2nd straight dayTOKYO - Japan reported 233,100 daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, hitting a new record for the second consecutive day, raising concern about the strain on the medical system as the number of available designated hospital beds continues to decline.Tokyo reported a record 40,406 infections, surpassing 40,000 for the first time as the country battles its seventh wave of the coronavirus pandemic driven by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron…READ FULL ARTICLE