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Showa Sangyo's Showa Tempura Flour signboard and logoDate:July 28, 2023,Place:Tokyo

U.S. Ambassador Kennedy replies to students' letter

UDA, Japan - The picture of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy is seen on the screen set up at Ouda High School in Uda, Nara Prefecture, during the all-school assembly on May 26, 2014. Kennedy, who visited a temple in the western Japanese city during her honeymoon in 1986, wrote in her reply to a letter from high school students that she loves to talk about the future with students, adding tempura and Japanese snacks are among her favorite foods.

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'Fujimori Soba' at train station boxed lunch event

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows "kakiage" tempura on "soba" noodles made and arranged in the image of Mt. Fuji from JR Fujimi Station in Nagano Prefecture. An event showcasing "ekiben" train station boxed lunches from across Japan was held at Hanshin department store in Osaka.

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'Udon' noodle shops facing the pinch as wheat prices go up

TAKAMATSU, Japan - ''Udon'' noodle shops are feeling the pinch as the price of wheat flour in Japan has shot up as a result of a severe drought in Australia, a leading wheat-growing country and principal wheat supplier to Japan. In Kagawa Prefecture, a region known for the delicious, low-priced Sanuki ''udon,'' some of the 900 Sanuki noodle shops are being forced to raise prices to stay in business. At Udon Tanaka, a noodle shop in Takamatsu (photo), the price of a bowl of plain soup ''udon'' will go up 20 yen to 280 yen from Oct. 1. ''Can't be helped. The price of tempura oil, salt has gone up as well,'' says Udon Tanaka owner Sadatoshi Tanaka.

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Firetruck maker Morita offers flower-shaped extinguisher

OSAKA, Japan - Firetruck maker Morita Corp. has launched a flower-shaped fire extinguisher (ih handout photo) that can be used to put out fires in pans for cooking fried food such as tempura. The ''petals'' of the ''firefighting flower'' contain a fire-extinguishing substance and douse flames when placed inside a boiling pot of oil. A magnet is placed inside the ''stem'' part so that the extinguisher can be kept on a refrigerator or the like for convenience.

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Soba and Tempura

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'Udon' noodle shops facing the pinch as wheat prices go up

TAKAMATSU, Japan - ''Udon'' noodle shops are feeling the pinch as the price of wheat flour in Japan has shot up as a result of a severe drought in Australia, a leading wheat-growing country and principal wheat supplier to Japan. In Kagawa Prefecture, a region known for the delicious, low-priced Sanuki ''udon,'' some of the 900 Sanuki noodle shops are being forced to raise prices to stay in business. At Udon Tanaka, a noodle shop in Takamatsu (photo), the price of a bowl of plain soup ''udon'' will go up 20 yen to 280 yen from Oct. 1. ''Can't be helped. The price of tempura oil, salt has gone up as well,'' says Udon Tanaka owner Sadatoshi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Scene from North Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Outdoor tempura stand in Pyongyang. The photo was taken in April 2002. (Kyodo)

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Seen from North Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Outdoor tempura stand in Pyongyang. The photo was taken in April 2002. (Kyodo)

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Japan eatery chain to open high-end tempura restaurant in New York

Photo taken on July 9, 2015 shows Masao Matsui, the master chef of Ootoya Holdings Co.'s new high-end fritter restaurant "Tempura Matsui" in New York. The major Japanese restaurant chain revealed its new diner to the media ahead of its grand opening on July 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leading Tokyo culinary school spreading art of "washoku" across the globe

Kiyoaki Deki, technical director of Japanese cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu's Tokyo campus, teaches a class on tempura fried dishes on Oct. 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firetruck maker Morita offers flower-shaped extinguisher

OSAKA, Japan - Firetruck maker Morita Corp. has launched a flower-shaped fire extinguisher (ih handout photo) that can be used to put out fires in pans for cooking fried food such as tempura. The ''petals'' of the ''firefighting flower'' contain a fire-extinguishing substance and douse flames when placed inside a boiling pot of oil. A magnet is placed inside the ''stem'' part so that the extinguisher can be kept on a refrigerator or the like for convenience. (Kyodo)

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