The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Defense in Kyoto Animation arson trial says suspect not mentally fitKYOTO - The defense team for the man accused of carrying out a 2019 arson attack that killed 36 people at a famous Japanese anime studio in Kyoto called for his acquittal at the trial's first hearing Tuesday, arguing he was not mentally competent at the time.Shinji Aoba, 45, admitted at the Kyoto District Court to the attack, deemed as one of Japan's worst-ever mass murders. He faces five charges including murder over the blaze at the Kyoto …READ FULL ARTICLE