The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Japan capital spending rise pauses in Jan.-March, Iran war clouds outlookTOKYO - Capital spending by Japanese companies in the January-March quarter was almost flat from a year earlier, in a sign growth led by artificial intelligence-linked investment has slowed, government data showed Monday, as the Middle East conflict further clouds the outlook.Investment by all nonfinancial sectors for purposes such as building plants and purchasing equipment edged up 0.047 percent from a year earlier to 18.81 trillion y…READ FULL ARTICLE