http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstCategory/index.php?cmenuid=3 Kyodo News on the Web: Daily international, Japan news, Japan News, national and local news coverage from the newspaper, breaking news updates, technology news, sports, reviews, listings. Kyodo News (C) All Rights Reserved http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstCategory/index.php?cmenuid=3 en http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490037 Japan and Brazil will jointly provide support for agricultural development in Mozambique to help ease the problem of poverty in the southern African country, people familiar with the project said Thursday. The support will focus on Mozambique's vast tropical savanna, utilizing experiences from a project that has successfully converted Brazil's ''cerrado'' tropical savanna ecoregion into one of the world's major food-producing areas thanks to cultivar improvement and other agricultural technologies from Japan, they said. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490036 The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday obtained an arrest warrant for a member of antiwhaling group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on suspicion of trespassing on a vessel of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean last month. The New Zealand national has been detained on the Shonan Maru No. 2 and will be arrested after the ship arrives in Tokyo on Friday morning in what the Coast Guard said is its first case involving trespassing on a ship in international waters. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490033 The Bank of Japan has begun discussions on further monetary easing amid concern that the county could remain mired in deflation for longer than previously thought, sources close to the matter said Thursday. But it remains uncertain whether the central bank will decide to loosen monetary policy further when its Policy Board meets for a two-day meeting from Tuesday. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490032 Hiroaki Nakanishi, the incoming president of Hitachi Ltd., said Thursday the electronics giant will further concentrate its resources in core operations to achieve its goal of returning to profit by the next financial year. ''The coverage of the current Hitachi group is too broad,'' Nakanishi, currently the executive vice president who will become president on April 1, said in an interview with Kyodo News. ''We will distance ourselves from areas where market fluctuations are volatile and where it is hard to generate stable profits.'' http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490029 Asia Television, one of two free-to-air TV stations in Hong Kong that has long suffered from low viewership and an ongoing legal feud between its two major shareholders, secured financial support from five mainland enterprises Thursday. In support of ATV owner-to-be Wang Zheng, chairman of mainland developer Rongfeng Holding Group, companies from insurance, banking and construction sectors in China showed up in Beijing to sign a cooperative agreement with the station, local media reported. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490026 Mitsui Fudosan Co. said Thursday it will open an outlet mall in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang in the spring of next year by setting up a joint firm with four other companies including Itochu Corp. It will be the first time for the realtor to participate in the commercial complex business overseas, and Mitsui aims to increase profits by utilizing its know-how on commercial facility development and management in Japan, company officials said. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490024 At least 33 people died in 17 of Japan's 47 prefectures in 2009 after not visiting doctors because they lacked national health insurance, a private survey showed Thursday. The 33 lost their membership of the national health insurance scheme after failing to pay insurance premiums due to financial difficulties, the Japan Federation of Democratic Medical Institutions said, referring to its survey of member institutions across the country. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490015 Asia Television, one of two free-to-air TV stations in Hong Kong that has long suffered from low viewership and an ongoing legal feud between its two major shareholders, secured financial support from five mainland enterprises Thursday. In support of ATV's owner-to-be Wang Zheng, chairman of mainland developer Rongfeng Holding Group, companies from insurance, banking and construction sectors in mainland China showed up in Beijing to sign a cooperative agreement with the station, local media reported. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490014 The Japan Business Federation will bring together business leaders from 11 Asian countries and regions in Tokyo on Saturday for its ''Asia Business Summit'' to discuss liberalization of trade and investment. Japan's most influential business lobby, also known as Keidanren, announced the event earlier this week. It said participants will represent 13 private-sector organizations from the region's 11 economies including China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. http://home.kyodo.co.jp/modules/fstStory/index.php?storyid=490010 A government-backed corporate turnaround body is set to make its decision Friday on sponsoring the rehabilitation process of mobile phone carrier Willcom Inc., which has filed for bankruptcy protection, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday. It will be the second case following Japan Airlines Corp. for the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, which is financed by the government and private financial institutions, to aid the restructuring of a struggling firm.