The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan, U.S. leaders agree to beef up advanced technology cooperationHIROSHIMA - Japan and the United States on Thursday agreed to step up their cooperation related to cutting-edge technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, an area where U.S.-China competition is intensifying.At their talks in Hiroshima a day before the Group of Seven summit opens, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden also reaffirmed the importance of strengthening the bilateral alliance's deterrence…READ FULL ARTICLE