The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan's births in 2024 fall below 700,000 for 1st timeTOKYO - The number of births in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time in 2024, declining 5.7 percent from the previous year to 686,061, government data showed Wednesday, highlighting a continued trend of delayed marriages and childbirths.Japan's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman is estimated to bear in her lifetime -- also fell to a record-low 1.15, down from 1.20 in 2023, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and W…READ FULL ARTICLE