Agence France-Presse: Japan’s government has confirmed five new accidents involving possible brake malfunction in Toyota Prius hybrids and will urge the troubled carmaker to investigate, national media reported Saturday. The transport ministry has received about 80 complaints this month about malfunctions in the brake system of the latest model of the flagship Prius, the Tokyo Shimbun and Fuji Televison Network reported, without quoting sources. Five of the complaints relate to crashes in which, …