Living in Japan the first time presented a lot of challenges, not the least of which was my limited grasp of the language.

Scott Conant's Mora Italian restaurant in Phoenix closed in July 2024. The space finally has a new concept moving in. What to ...

Lindsay Mariko Steigerwald and Jesse Pryor set the gold standard for ramen in Philadelphia during their five-year run at ...

TOKYO (AP) — Spicy, steaming, slurpy ramen might be everyone’s favorite Japanese food. In Tokyo, long lines circle around blocks, and waiting an hour for your ramen is normal. What awaits might be ...

Between the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions and the weakness of the yen against foreign currencies, Japan is seeing a huge influx of visitors from overseas these days. It’s great to see people ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Countries’ foods are also windows on their souls. Take hamburgers. Hand-held, quick to assemble and wolf down, they embody a quintessentially American idea that founding father ...

Tokyo — Japan's ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills counters, where customers unceremoniously slurp and gulp their way through boiling-hot bowls of ...

When I first moved to Japan at the turn of the century, I was told that noodle lovers need not fret about making slurping sounds while eating. Among some, that attitude is changing. There is now ...

Mexico and ramen have a longer and more complex history than you might expect — and the modern dining scene is all the richer ...