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Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jan 29, 2013
Today's J-blip: Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl
Is the Anti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl the perfect place-setting for Japan's 'party of one' diners?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 6, 2012
Rokurinsha: A ramen line-up worth dipping into
Even in the middle of the afternoon on a gray, rainy-season Monday, the queue in front of us is the best part of an hour deep and moving at snail's pace. Only to be expected at Tokyo Skytree, you might say. Except we're not lining up for the observation deck: We're there for the new branch of the legendary ramen joint Rokurinsha.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Jul 4, 2012
Cool heat-blockers for summer 2012
It's gonna be a scorcher out there, but at least Japan Inc. has dreamed up a few new fun ways to beat the heat.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 13, 2012
Today's J-blip: robot-made inari-zushi
Domo arigatou for the inari-zushi, Mr. Roboto.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 29, 2012
Ekitame — coming to a station near you soon?
In Japan's new shopping trend, the destination might be the train station itself.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 23, 2012
Rich Japanese flavors for lean times
Japanese foods are getting more flavorful as budgets get leaner.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Nov 16, 2011
Fun for one, online and off
One is a lonely number, especially when you're at the dinner table, but of course ... there's an app for that.
Reader Mail
Oct 13, 2011
What does college ranking mean?
Regarding the Oct. 7 Kyodo article from London titled "Todai slips but reclaims best Asia university title": Who cares? What is it with the need to establish rankings? Is it for bragging rights? Academic chest-beating? Snob appeal on resumes?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 6, 2011
Cola Lemon KitKat? Let's take a vote on that
What? Companies are actually letting consumers choose what they want to be sold? Yes, it's true.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 1, 2011
Cool foods for a chilled-out summer
Chefs and food manufacturers are inventing new ways to enjoy the summer staple of cold noodles.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
May 21, 2011
Table for one? Right this way
Some Tokyo restaurants are aiming to take a bite out of the large market of solo diners.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2011
New-style ramen targets female noodle-lovers
Ramen shops diversify their stocks, toppings and presentations in hopes of attracting female noodle-lovers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Dec 31, 2010
Trends in Japan 2010: food and drink
2010 was a year for spicy and cooling foods, ramen and mochi for breakfast, Ryoma-branded everything and dining on the cheap.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Oct 28, 2010
Taking stock: new trends for the Japanese hot pot
Mmmm. Is that ramen nabe we smell bubbling in hot pots across Japan?
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jul 30, 2010
Japan by the numbers (07.29.10)
Somen and gyuunyuu purin win the popular vote in Japan this summer. Thumbs down for bad breath and strong AC.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 29, 2010
Morning ramen, breakfast of Tokyoites
Ramen. It's what's for breakfast.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
May 14, 2010
No Konbini No Life: instant maze-soba
Maze-soba is the latest ramen trend to make it to konbeni shelves. If you're desperate, it might hit the spot but there's nothing like the real thing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Aug 29, 2009
To instant noodles, we slurp-salute you
We hail instant noodles, which appeared on this earth, on Aug. 25, 1958, with a list of some slurpalicioius faves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 21, 2009
Ivan Ramen: Artisan ramen with NY accent
"Eat ramen here." It's the kind of illuminated sign you might expect to see outside a restaurant in central London or New York. To find it over the door of a one-counter noodle joint on an old-fashioned shopping arcade in the western suburbs of Tokyo is, however, little short of bizarre.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
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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