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Low-salt ramen with spoon to enhance salty taste

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2024, in Tokyo shows Electric Salt Spoon, a tableware-type device developed by Kirin Holdings Co. that enhances the salty and umami taste of low-sodium foods with the power of electricity, and a bowl of ramen with 30 percent less salt than regular ramen developed by Ippudo, Japan's nationwide Hakata ramen chain, to go with the spoon.

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Japanese ramen gains popularity in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's first branch of Ippudo Ramen, Fukuoka's leading nouveau ramen shop, is crowded with customers in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 3, 2012. Japanese ramen noodle dishes have gained popularity in Taiwan since Kagetsu Arashi Ramen opened its first branch in Taipei in 2007.

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Noodles in drumbeats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Customers eat ramen noodles in a restaurant which plays Japanese drumbeats and is decorated with the image of the Japanese drum combo TAO in Fukuoka on April 23, 2010. Rods seen on a table on the right in the Hakata Ippudo COLLECTION.TAO restaurant are sticks for Japanese drums.

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Hakata ramen chain to open N.Y. branch later this year

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken June 11 shows the headquarters in Fukuoka, Kyushu, of Chikaranomoto Company Co., which runs the popular ''Ippudo'' chain of Hakata ramen noodle restaurants across Japan. The company plans to open a New York branch later this year, company officials said June 19.

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Hakata ramen chain to open N.Y. branch later this year

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken June 11 shows the headquarters in Fukuoka, Kyushu, of Chikaranomoto Company Co., which runs the popular ''Ippudo'' chain of Hakata ramen noodle restaurants across Japan. The company plans to open a New York branch later this year, company officials said June 19. (Kyodo)

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Noodles in drumbeats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Customers eat ramen noodles in a restaurant which plays Japanese drumbeats and is decorated with the image of the Japanese drum combo TAO in Fukuoka on April 23, 2010. Rods seen on a table on the right in the Hakata Ippudo COLLECTION.TAO restaurant are sticks for Japanese drums. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ramen gains popularity in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's first branch of Ippudo Ramen, Fukuoka's leading nouveau ramen shop, is crowded with customers in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 3, 2012. Japanese ramen noodle dishes have gained popularity in Taiwan since Kagetsu Arashi Ramen opened its first branch in Taipei in 2007. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ramen chain opens 1st store in Myanmar

The Japanese ramen chain Ippudo opens its first Myanmar-based store in Yangon on April 11, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo