The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan justice minister under fire for gaffe over death penaltyTOKYO - Japan's justice minister on Thursday came under fire for remarks widely seen as making light of his role in authorizing executions of death-row inmates, giving Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yet another headache in the wake of poor approval ratings for his Cabinet.Yasuhiro Hanashi, who took the post in August, told a political gathering on Wednesday that the justice minister is a "low-key" post, saying it can "become a top story in daytime n…READ FULL ARTICLE
