The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Gov't hails 4 Japanese U.S. Lasker Award winners as boost for medicineTOKYO - The selection of four Japanese researchers for the prestigious U.S. Lasker Awards in medicine demonstrates the high level of basic research Japan has built up, the top government spokesman said Thursday."It is a major encouragement for further development in the fields of medicine and healthcare," Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said at a press conference.----------Japan needs own foreign intelligence agency: gov't spokesmanT…READ FULL ARTICLE