Can women and foreigners help drive a ramen renaissance to keep Japan’s noodle shops on the boil?

[ad_1] Tokyo — Japan’s ubiquitous ramen shops have long served that most-proletarian of dishes at no-frills counters, where customers unceremoniously slurp and gulp their way through boiling-hot bowls of noodles.  But while the ramen joints were long an almost exclusively male domain, the cement-floored greasy spoons of yore are giving way to hip décor, handcrafted crockery,…

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Arnold Schwarzenegger detained by customs officers at Munich airport over luxury watch

[ad_1] Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch 00:26 Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News.   Schwarzenegger, 76,…

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Coronation fever: Meet a royal superfan from the U.S. braving the weather to camp out in a prime spot

[ad_1] What to expect from King Charles’ coronation How King Charles’ coronation will differ from Queen Elizabeth’s 02:41 London — With days to go until King Charles III’ coronation, some royal superfans have already camped out in central London to secure a front row spot for the historic day. That includes Donna Werner, who came all…

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