TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade, as rising costs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine take an unlikely toll on Japan's beloved buckwheat noodles.
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By Elaine Lies and Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first tim.
TOKYO - Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade, as rising costs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine take an unlikely toll on Japan's beloved buckwheat noodles. Though seen as one of the most quintessential of Japanese foods - and eaten on New Year's Eve for.