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Powerful typhoon churns towards Japan
Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain.
11 October 2014
Visa free entrance may be extended till October 2015
Kazakhstani Tourism Association has suggested extending visa free entrance for 10 countries till October 2015.
09 October 2014
Japan Nobel winner is salaryman who took on bosses
Japan celebrated three more Nobel prizes, including for a scientist remembered as the salaryman who stood up to a corporation -- and won.
09 October 2014
Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan national team after Asian Games
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the Kazakhstani sportsmen on the successful performance at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
08 October 2014
US military officials feared dead as typhoon slams into Japan
Typhoon Phanfone made landfall in central Japan, slamming into the archipelago with winds of 180 kilometres per hour and making a beeline for Tokyo.
06 October 2014
16 still missing on Japan volcano, typhoon threatens recovery
Sixteen people remain unaccounted for on a still-smouldering Japanese volcano that erupted at the weekend.
03 October 2014
Kazakhstan wins 14 gold medals: Asian Games
Kazakhstani sportsmen won two more gold medals at the Asian Games.
29 September 2014
Climber captures video as Japanese volcano erupts
An eyewitness has managed to capture the eruption of the Mount Ontake volcano in central Japan that started without warning this Saturday at noon.
29 September 2014
Kazakhstan likely to retain 4th place at Asian Games
Kazakhstani trap women’s team wins gold at the 17th Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea.
29 September 2014
Volcano erupts in central Japan; hikers reported injured
A volcano erupted in central Japan, shooting ash and rocks into the air that reportedly left eight hikers injured.
27 September 2014
Kazakhstani swimmer Dmitriy Balandin wins 3 gold medals at Asian Games
Kazakhstani swimmer Dmitriy Balandin has become the champion of the Asian Games in Men's 50m Breaststroke.
27 September 2014
Japanese dancer Carlotta Ikeda dies in France
Japanese dancer and choreographer Carlotta Ikeda has died at her home in France at the age of 73.
26 September 2014
Japan PM vows to work against 'war culture'
Japanese Prime Minister pledged to eliminate "war culture" from the world as he highlighted Tokyo's aid in crises from the Middle East to Ukraine.
26 September 2014
Indie game developers sprouting at Tokyo Game Show
Nestled among the industry giants at the Tokyo Game Show are a growing number of small and independent games developers from Asia and Europe.
18 September 2014
Japan's whaling bid tested by world panel
Japan's plans to resume a controversial Antarctic whale hunt in the name of research, which opponents say is really just for the meat, came under scrutiny.
17 September 2014
Powerful batteries for renewable energy being developed at Nazarbayev University
The School of Engineering at Nazarbayev University is developing powerful batteries for renewable energy.
15 September 2014
YO-Kai Watch: Japan's monster craze set to go international
Move over Pokemon, a legion of new cutesy monsters is haunting Japan and set to break out all over the world after trampling the competition at home.
15 September 2014
Japan PM Abe to host women's conference
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday was due to host a three-day conference on women in the workforce.
12 September 2014
Japan singer Aska guilty of drug use
Japanese pop star Aska was convicted on Friday of using illegal drugs in his apartment in Tokyo, and was handed a suspended jail sentence.
12 September 2014
Japan's first female industry chief visits Fukushima plant
Japan's new industry minister Yuko Obuchi visited the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, days after assuming her new post.
08 September 2014