The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan PM tells party official she is mulling dissolving lower house: sourceTOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a ruling Liberal Democratic Party official that she is considering dissolving the House of Representatives at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session scheduled to begin on Jan. 23, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday.Some lawmakers within the LDP are calling for a dissolution while public approval ratings for her Cabinet remain high at around 70 percent in media …READ FULL ARTICLE