Kazakhstan plans to boost its uranium exports to Japan and increase its share on the Japanese uranium market to 40% from 4%, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reports on its Web site Wednesday, citing an interview with the Kazakh foreign minister.

Kazakhstan , the world's top uranium producer, and Japan signed an agreement on the peaceful use of nuclear power March 2.

"It [the agreement] allows for the expansion of the sphere of interaction. In particular, Kazakhstan is interested in obtaining nuclear power technologies from Japan ," Kanat Saudabayev is quoted as saying in an interview on the Nikkei news agency.

"The implementation of these accords will make it possible in coming years to increase the share of Kazakh uranium products on the Japanese market from 3-4% to 40%, of which about 30% will be highly processed products."

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