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RAMEN

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 7, 2018
Tak Tokumine: It's all about love and noodles
Founder of Japan Centre and Shoryu Ramen says the U.K. is now his home.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2018
Ramen chain Ichiran faces charges for allegedly working foreign students longer than permitted
Police are set to refer ramen chain Ichiran and some of its managerial staff to prosecutors this week for allegedly breaking the immigration law by forcing foreign students to work illegally long hours at two stores in Osaka, investigative sources said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 3, 2018
Men Labo Hiro: Balanced ramen from a yakitori chef
Men Labo Hiro is far from your standard noodle counter. Squeaky clean both inside and out, with spacious tables by the door and enough room to squeeze in even a stroller or two, it feels more like a family restaurant than the type of place to excite the hardcore ramen fraternity.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 13, 2018
Aitsu no Ramen Kataguruma: Tsukemen the show stopper
If you're a fan of tsukemen, the ramen dish where the noodles are served separate to the soup, you'll need to get here early.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 27, 2017
End of 47-year Japan rice program signals boost for ramen wheat
The end of Japan's four decades of rice-market control could be good news for noodle lovers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 2, 2017
Homemade Ramen Muginae: These noodles are well worth the wait
All the best restaurants require considerable outlay. Usually that means a hefty dent in your bank balance. At Homemade Ramen Muginae the demand is not on your pocketbook but your time.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / Taking the Lead
Oct 16, 2017
Ippudo ramen chain credits its global success to localized tastes
Toshiyuki Kiyomiya likes to compare ramen to a carefully arranged universe in a bowl.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 7, 2017
Hokkaido's Hakodate is heaven for gourmands of all stripes
Hakodate occupies a unique place on the Japanese landscape, both literally and gastronomically speaking.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Aug 5, 2017
Black Seafood Cup Noodle: A cosmetic change at best
Japanese netizens have noticed something strange about Nissin's latest special edition of it's venerable Cup Noodle brand.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 29, 2017
Hanabi: True labor-of-love ramen
It is all too easy to overlook Hanabi. Every day streams of visitors walk past this unprepossessing noodle joint without giving it a second look as they hike between the center of Kamakura and the Hase area and its famous Great Buddha. That's their loss, as it serves some of the best ramen in town.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 13, 2017
Japanese ramen shops prove popular in competitive Malaysian market
Japanese ramen shops are thriving in Malaysia, where locals are embracing the noodle dish with gusto.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
May 6, 2017
Mensho: Charting a new course for the future of ramen
Ramen is no longer just ramen. Japan's favorite noodle is changing in front of our eyes, evolving into new forms that have little in common with the classic soul-food bowls of the past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 13, 2017
Japanese noodle restaurant chain Ippudo makes debut in Myanmar
Popular Japanese noodle restaurant chain Ippudo is making its debut in Myanmar, opening a branch in Yangon's new Junction City Shopping Mall.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 11, 2017
Ramen flavored with insects attracts thrillseekers in Tokyo
Within about four hours, the Ramen Nagi restaurant had sold out of the 100 bowls of "insect tsukemen" noodles it had prepared for Sunday's single-day event.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 1, 2017
Hayashi: Ponder the sound of one man slurping
The ticket machine at the door to Hayashi looks more like a Zen riddle than a method of ordering noodles.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jan 27, 2017
Bokkoshi: Umami-rich ramen that defies expectations
The house special at Bokkoshi is a little confusing — but, that's a good thing. Called Niwatorisayu, this version of chicken-based ramen is served in a tall, deep black bowl and looks extremely creamy. In fact, the broth looks so creamy that it could almost pass for clam chowder or thick chicken soup. Preparing to take your first sip, you're expecting a rich, velvety taste. But it never comes.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2016
Sapporo software developer's app puts best bowls forward for ramen lovers
A smartphone app developed by a ramen lover has proven a hit among fellow noodle enthusiasts, providing them with insight into the most popular bowls being slurped across Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / EARLY START
Nov 4, 2016
Enjoying soba, udon and ramen — for breakfast?
If eating noodles first thing in the morning doesn’t wake you up, the sound of other diners slurping certainly will. Soba buckwheat noodles and udon (chunky white wheat noodles) date back to the Nara (710-794) and Heian (794-1185) periods; ramen was introduced from China in the 1880s.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2016
Shizuoka noodle restaurant accidentally serves ramen containing severed fingertip of staff
A ramen noodle restaurant in the city of Shizuoka accidentally served a bowl of ramen that contained an object, believed to be a fingertip, a local public health center revealed Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2016
China's progress is killing the instant noodle
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'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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