The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000TOKYO - The number of children born in Japan in 2024 fell from a year earlier to 720,988, marking the ninth consecutive year of record lows, health ministry data showed Thursday.The figure including foreigners, down by 5 percent from the previous year, comes as more people choose to marry later in life and there is increased anxiety over child-rearing due to the higher cost of living.---------…READ FULL ARTICLE