Chef JA Cooks. Easy Japanese Lunch: Cold Somen Noodles with Custom Toppings. Posted: June 16, 2025 | Last updated: June 16, 2025. Hi, I'm Juri! 🍱 Sharing easy and healthy Japanese recipes ...

Pyongyang cold noodles are made primarily from buckwheat flour, giving them a distinct fragrance and dark tint not unlike Japanese soba. The dish dates from around North Korea’s founding in 1948.

A proposed takeover of Seven & i Holdings Co. that could result in the sale of one of Japan’s strongest brands marks the first big test of the country’s evolving investor-friendly stance.

People in Japan's western prefecture of Okayama have beaten the sweltering heat by a unique way -- savoring cold noodles which flow down chutes in water.