The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan refrains from recognizing Palestinian state at U.N. confabNEW YORK - Japan on Monday stopped short of joining the growing list of countries recognizing a Palestinian state at a high-level U.N. meeting but emphasized that a two-state solution remains the only viable path to lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike."The issue of recognizing a Palestinian state is not a matter of if, but of when," Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told the conference at the world body's headquarters in New …READ FULL ARTICLE
