Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says that Tokyo would help Mozambique counter Islamist insurgents in the restive north. Mozambique's gas-rich northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, is struggling with an insurgency waged by militants linked to the Islamic State group. At a press conference in the capital, Maputo, on the final leg of an African tour he says "the security in the north side of Mozambique, it is extremely important because of the Japanese companies that operate (there)". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES