The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Kishida apologizes for funds scandal as 1st PM at Diet ethics panelTOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida apologized Thursday for "inviting suspicion and mistrust" in politics among the public due to a political funds scandal rattling his Liberal Democratic Party as the first incumbent premier to attend a parliamentary ethics panel.During a televised session of the House of Representatives political ethics committee, Kishida also promised to promote reforms to safeguard compliance in ruling party gove…READ FULL ARTICLE