A popular Japanese restaurant chain has closed nearly all of its 2,000 stores for cleaning this week, after a rat and a bug were found in its food.

Prices are rising across Japan, and even the humble curry rice — once a cheap comfort food favorite — is rocketing in price, ...

“I’m probably a talking bowl of ramen,” says Frank Striegl as he leads a dozen American tourists through the back alleys of Tokyo’s funky ... a week,” features curry-flavored ramen.

Put the cooked rice in a bowl and flip onto a plate ... the current trends from her own kitchen near Tokyo Bay. Our main dish is an omelet, dry curry, stir-fried rice, seasoned with canned ...