The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Kyoto Univ. professor becomes 1st Japanese to win Abel Prize in mathTOKYO - Masaki Kashiwara, a professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Advanced Study, on Wednesday became the first Japanese to be awarded the Abel Prize, dubbed the "Nobel prize for mathematics," the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters said.Kashiwara, 78, was recognized for his contribution to the field of algebraic analysis, among other achievements, according to the academy.---------…READ FULL ARTICLE