The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.---------- U.S. Treasury chief confident of "good" tariff deal with Japan: IshibaTOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday quoted U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as saying the ongoing tariff negotiations between the two nations will definitely produce a "good" outcome, ahead of the Aug. 1 imposition of a higher levy on Japan.Speaking to reporters after meeting with U.S. officials at his office in Tokyo, Ishiba said he asked Bessent to "vigorously" advance the tariff talks at the ministerial level with Jap…READ FULL ARTICLE