The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Half of Japan's ruling LDP lawmakers had ties with Unification ChurchTOKYO - Around half of the lawmakers belonging to Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party had dealings with a contentious religious group believed to be a major reason behind the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the party said Thursday.The outcome of the LDP's internal survey sheds light on the deep-rooted relations between the party, headed by Abe for more than eight years, and the Unification Church, which has become th…READ FULL ARTICLE