The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------PM warns Japan on brink of social dysfunction amid falling birthrateTOKYO - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned Monday that Japan is "on the brink" of losing its social function due to its rapidly declining birthrate, pledging to focus on child-rearing policies as the most pressing agenda item this year.In his policy speech at the beginning of a 150-day regular parliamentary session, Kishida voiced his readiness to revive the world's third-largest economy, beset by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to play a leadin…READ FULL ARTICLE