The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan issues special typhoon alert for Kagoshima Pref.TOKYO - Japan's weather agency issued a rare special typhoon warning Wednesday for most parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in the country's southwest as powerful Typhoon Shanshan, which has already caused several injuries in affected areas, approaches.The storm is heading in a northerly direction south of Yakushima Island off the prefecture and could make landfall on the southwestern main island of Kyushu on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Expe…READ FULL ARTICLE