The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan PM aims to retain upper house majority after July pollTOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his goal for next month's national election is for the ruling coalition to retain its majority in the House of Councillors.The Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner, the Komeito party, currently control the 248-member upper house. With 125 seats contested this time -- half of the 248 seats in the chamber and one to fill a vacancy, the ruling camp must win 50 seats to clear th…READ FULL ARTICLE