The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan, U.S. leaders set to vow to boost defense ties amid China riseWASHINGTON - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to agree Wednesday that their countries will bolster defense cooperation, apparently with China's increasing military assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region in mind.At their summit held during Kishida's state visit to the United States, the first by a Japanese premier in nine years, the two leaders are also likely to confirm that they will join han…READ FULL ARTICLE