The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------New Japan PM to move up defense spending goal by 2 years in policy speechTOKYO - New Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to bring forward Japan's target of raising defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product from fiscal 2027 to fiscal 2025, effectively moving it up by two years and starting the necessary steps within the current fiscal year by drawing on a supplementary budget, government sources said Wednesday.The first policy speech in parliament by the hawkish Takaichi on Friday is expected to…READ FULL ARTICLE