The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Belarus releases Nobel winner, Japanese man among 123 prisoners: reportsMOSCOW - Belarus has freed 123 prisoners including a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Japanese man who had been sentenced for espionage, in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on potash, a key agricultural export of the Eastern European nation, according to Reuters and other media reports.Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced the pardon Saturday for prisoners including foreign nationals, in line with agreements reach…READ FULL ARTICLE