The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan OKs over 17 tril. yen economic package to ease inflation shockTOKYO - The government approved Thursday an economic package of over 17 trillion yen ($113 billion) to help households hit by inflation with one-off tax cuts and chart a growth path for the economy beyond the cost-of-living crisis.The total size will likely reach around 37.4 trillion yen when private-sector spending on projects related to the package is included, in the latest push by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to get more money into peopl…READ FULL ARTICLE