The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's 18-year-olds rise to 1.09 mil., yet still 2nd lowestTOKYO - The number of 18-year-olds in Japan totaled 1.09 million as of Wednesday, a government estimate showed, up by 30,000 from last year but marking the second-lowest figure on record as the country continues to grapple with a declining birthrate.Of those who have reached Japan's legal adult age, 560,000 were men and 530,000 were women, accounting for 0.88 percent of the total population, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said T…READ FULL ARTICLE
