The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan population falls at record pace to 125.9 mil. amid COVID restrictionsTOKYO - Japan's population declined to 125.93 million as of Jan. 1, the largest fall in the overall number and by percentage since comparable data became available in 2013, as deaths again outnumbered births and COVID-19 border restrictions kept foreign resident numbers low, government data showed Tuesday.The population came to 125,927,902 including resident foreigners, dropping by 726,342 or 0.57 percent from the previous year, accor…READ FULL ARTICLE