The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------U.S.-Japan alliance upgrade needed amid "more assertive China": envoyTOKYO - The United States seeks to modernize the command structure of its decades-old security alliance with Japan to deal with a "much more assertive China" including toward Taiwan, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said Friday as the two countries look to discuss the issue at an upcoming summit in Washington.Speaking ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to the United States next week as a state guest, where a series …READ FULL ARTICLE