The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's Digital Minister Kono intends to run in LDP leadership raceTOKYO - Digital Minister Taro Kono has informed a heavyweight of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that he intends to run in its presidential race in September, aiming to become Japan's next prime minister, a source close to the matter said Thursday.Kono, known as an outspoken lawmaker, conveyed his intention to LDP Vice President Taro Aso, a former prime minister who heads an intraparty group that the minister belongs to, during a dinner m…READ FULL ARTICLE