TOKYO -The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. Typhoon Chan-hom followed an unusual east-to-west path, steered by winds around a high-pressure system lingering north of the Japanese archipelago. It is expected to reach western Japan and weaken into a tropical depression by early Wednesday afternoon. 9 lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima, a small island in southwestern Japan, early Tuesday, carrying the Michibiki No. 7 positioning satellite, part of the country's Quasi-Zenith Satellite System used to provide location information for smartphones and vehicle navigation.