News about Japan

Instant noodle sales top 100 billion units a year Global sales of instant noodles have topped 100 billion units annually, an industry group said Friday -- more than one monthly serving of the portable meal for every person on the planet.
26 April 2013 12:52
Japan, France set to win Turkish nuclear plant deal: report A consortium of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva are on track to win a deal to build a $20 billion nuclear power station in Turkey.
24 April 2013 15:52
OECD backs Japan deflation fight, says must cut debt The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Tuesday backed Japan's bid to end years of deflation, but called on Tokyo to step up efforts to shrink its huge debt pile.
24 April 2013 10:27
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan youth team wins World Junior Championship Kazakhstan national team won all matches of the Championship and was ranked first overall. ВИДЕО В НОВОСТИ!
23 April 2013 16:42
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan player named the Best Defenceman of World Junior Championship Ukraine’s Sergey Pisarenko became the Best Goalkeeper and Japan’s Yuri Terao - the Best Forward of the Championship.
23 April 2013 12:43
Hockey: Two Kazakhstan hockey players join All-Star team of Hungary World Championship Japan’s defenceman Aaron Keller, Italy’s forward Patrick Iannone and Hungary’s Arpad Mikhaly also got into the World Championship's TOP-5.
23 April 2013 12:42
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan national youth team wins five games in a row in World Championship Kazakhstan’s team won against Japan on April 20 and qualified for the Division I Group A.
22 April 2013 17:17
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan advances into elite division of 2014 World Championship Kazakhstan team is ranked first after five matches. It have qualified for the top division of the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship.
22 April 2013 15:18
Weak global economy key worry as IMF, World Bank meet Advanced and developing countries alike voiced worries over fragile global growth, eurozone stagnation and the swamp of excess monetary liquidity as the IMF and World Bank spring meetings kicked off.
19 April 2013 16:56
APEC warns against currency devaluations, property bubble Asia Pacific economies must refrain from competitive currency devaluations and are vulnerable to speculative buying in the housing market.
19 April 2013 11:49
World's oldest person turns 116 in Japan The world's oldest person turned 116 on Friday as local health chiefs in Japan launch a study to find out why he and many of those around him have lived so long.
19 April 2013 11:26
7.2 earthquake shakes northern Japan: USGS A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Friday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
19 April 2013 10:41
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan looses to Hungary in World Championship If Kazkahstan's team is ranked first or second overall, it will qualify for the TOP-Division 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship.
18 April 2013 18:05
Japan woman, 77, got $4 mn from man for sex and love A 77-year-old woman who received $4 million from a 79-year-old man in exchange for sexual and romantic favours has been ordered to repay the cash by a court in Japan.
18 April 2013 16:17
Murakami book print run hits 1 million in week The Japanese publisher of the new novel by Haruki Murakami said Thursday it had ordered one million copies of the book, less than a week after it went on sale.
18 April 2013 15:43
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan team flatens British team in World Championship Thank to this victory Kazakhstan national team was ranked first in the overall standing of the group.
17 April 2013 20:17
Ice Hockey: Kazakhstan ranked second after first day of World Championship in Hungary Kazakhstan men's team, coached by Vladimir Krikunov won over Japan 5:2 in the first match of the World Championship on April 14.
17 April 2013 20:12
Sprint counteroffer to make no difference: SoftBank Japan's SoftBank said Tuesday it still expects its bid to acquire Sprint Nextel will succeed on schedule in July, despite a higher counter-offer from a US firm.
17 April 2013 10:01
Kairat Mami to tell Japan about Kazakhstan's development model Kazakhstan Senate speaker Kairat Mami will render a working visit to Japan.
16 April 2013 18:27
Figure Skating: Denis Ten invited to World Team Trophy in Japan Patrick Chan, Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi will participate in the tournament together with Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten.
16 April 2013 10:35
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