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Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando (L), the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., poses with the one millionth visitor to his ''Instant Noodle Museum'' in a photo taken in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in July 2006. Ando died of a heart failure on Jan. 5 at a hospital in Ikeda his family said. He was 96. Ando was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles.

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Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando, the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., eats instant chicken noodle he developed in a photo taken in Osaka in August 2006. Ando died of a heart failure on Jan. 5 at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, his family said. He was 96. Ando was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles.

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Nissin develops instant noodles for astronauts

OSAKA, Japan - Nissin Food Products Co. Chairman Momofuku Ando (R) tells a news conference in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23 his company has almost completed the development of instant noodles able to be eaten in space. The product, called ''Space Ram,'' will be ready for Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi who will go to space on a U.S. space shuttle in January, Ando said.

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'Ramen' noodle museum to open in Ikeda

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama (R) greets visitors to a ceremony held Nov. 4 in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, to mark the completion of ''Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum'' which was built in commemoration of the invention of instant ''ramen,'' or ready-to-eat Chinese noodles, in 1958. The museum will open Nov. 21.

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Instant Noodle inventor Ando

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando, the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., talks inside a replica of the laboratory where he invented hChicken Ramen", the world's first instant noodle product, at the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture. The photo was taken in November 1999. (Kyodo)

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Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando, the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., eats instant chicken noodle he developed in a photo taken in Osaka in August 2006. Ando died of a heart failure on Jan. 5 at a hospital in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, his family said. He was 96. Ando was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles. (Kyodo)

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Instant noodle inventor Ando dies at 96

OSAKA, Japan - Momofuku Ando (L), the founder-chairman of Nissin Food Products Co., poses with the one millionth visitor to his ''Instant Noodle Museum'' in a photo taken in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, in July 2006. Ando died of a heart failure on Jan. 5 at a hospital in Ikeda his family said. He was 96. Ando was widely known as the inventor of instant noodles. (Kyodo)

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Nissin Foods opens refurbished Instant Ramen Noodle Museum in Osaka

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. reopens on March 20, 2015, its Instant Ramen Noodle Museum in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, upon completion of expansion work to accommodate more visitors. A ceremony was held to mark the reopening of the museum dedicated to Momofuku Ando, who invented instant noodles and founded the company. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Ramen' noodle museum to open in Ikeda

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Gov. Knock Yokoyama (R) greets visitors to a ceremony held Nov. 4 in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, to mark the completion of ''Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum'' which was built in commemoration of the invention of instant ''ramen,'' or ready-to-eat Chinese noodles, in 1958. The museum will open Nov. 21.

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Nissin develops instant noodles for astronauts

OSAKA, Japan - Nissin Food Products Co. Chairman Momofuku Ando (R) tells a news conference in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23 his company has almost completed the development of instant noodles able to be eaten in space. The product, called ''Space Ram,'' will be ready for Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi who will go to space on a U.S. space shuttle in January, Ando said. (Kyodo)