made with special flour, soft noodles largely disappeared from the menu. Today, it goes without saying that rice is a part of school lunches in Japan, but this only became the case more than 30 ...

To support struggling families and encourage population growth, free school lunch programs have risen dramatically across Japan, although some municipalities are struggling to keep these going.

An curved arrow pointing right. Musashino City School Lunch & Dietary Education Promotion Foundation in Japan prepares massive quantities of school lunches, called kyushoku, every day. More from ...