The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------JIP co-leader stops outsourcing to secretary's firm after kickback reportTOKYO - The co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said on Sunday that he will stop outsourcing work to a company headed by his secretary following a report alleging a tax money kickback.The allegation was raised by the Sunday edition of the Japanese Communist Party's official newspaper, Shimbun Akahata. Fumitake Fujita reiterated his view that the transactions were lawful,…READ FULL ARTICLE
