The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Aso to keep faction as Japan ruling party grilled over funds scandalFormer Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to defy pressure to dissolve his faction within the Japanese ruling party, sources close to the matter said Saturday, as other intraparty groups, including one led by the incumbent Fumio Kishida, have decided to disband amid a scandal over fundraising.Aso, who heads the second-biggest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, has conveyed his intention to Kishida, the party's president, by saying his grou…READ FULL ARTICLE
