A man cooks noodles on a street in Shanghai, China May 27, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, are seen at a okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant in Hiroshima, western Japan May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman 

Atsuki Kitaura, manager at okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant, prepares okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, in Hiroshima, western Japan May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman 

Atsuki Kitaura, manager at okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant, prepares okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, in Hiroshima, western Japan May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman 

Atsuki Kitaura, manager at okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant, prepares okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, in Hiroshima, western Japan May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman 

A worker arranges boxes of Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles, produced by PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, on the shelves of a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

A worker arranges Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles packets, produced by PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, on the shelves of a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

A worker arranges boxes of Indomie Special Chicken Flavour instant noodles, produced by PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, on the shelves of a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

Daishi Sato, owner of Soba Noodle restaurant and the vending machine, shows a pack of Asian Black Bear meat next to the vending machine offering Asian Black Bear meat, Akita Beef and dried mountain stream fish, in front of his restaurant in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang 

A vending machine menu offering Asian Black Bear meat, Akita Beef and dried mountain stream fish is seen in front of a Soba Noodle restaurant in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang 

A display screen of a vending machine for placing the order for Asian Black Bear meat is seen in front of a Soba Noodle restaurant in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang 

A vending machine menu offering Asian Black Bear meat, Akita Beef and dried mountain stream fish is seen in front of a Soba Noodle restaurant in Semboku, Akita prefecture, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Irene Wang 

Some novice swimmers use pool noodles and boards during their swimming lessons at a public pool in Soweto, South Africa, March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko 

Haruo Ono, 71, and other fishermen wash noodle fish to be sold later on, at Tsurishihama fishing port in Shinchimachi, about 55 km away from the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 2, 2023. The Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), which runs the crippled nuclear power station, plans to soon start releasing into the sea more than a million tons of radioactive water from the plant that was used to cool the reactors in the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami that set off explosions and meltdowns, released radiation over a wide swathe and shut down fishing for more than a year due to worries about radiation. "It's been 12 years and fish prices are rising, we're finally hoping to really get down to business," Haruo said. "Now they're talking about releasing the water and we're going to have to go back to square one again. It's unbearable." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "HOON FUKUSHIMA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fisherman Haruo Ono, 71, washes noodle fish to be sold later on, at Tsurishihama fishing port in Shinchimachi, about 55 km away from the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 2, 2023. The Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), which runs the crippled nuclear power station, plans to soon start releasing into the sea more than a million tons of radioactive water from the plant that was used to cool the reactors in the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami that set off explosions and meltdowns, released radiation over a wide swathe and shut down fishing for more than a year due to worries about radiation. "It's been 12 years and fish prices are rising, we're finally hoping to really get down to business," Haruo said. "Now they're talking about releasing the water and we're going to have to go back to square one again. It's unbearable." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "HOON FUKUSHIMA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A person in a protective suit stands outside noodle shops amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China November 30, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Customers feed fishes in a flooded noodle shop at the banks of Tha Chin river in Nakhon Pathom, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa 

Customers sit in a flooded noodle shop at the banks of Tha Chin river in Nakhon Pathom, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa 

A boy plays with water in a bag as customers are seen in a flooded noodle shop at the banks of Tha Chin river in Nakhon Pathom, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa 

A view of customers in a flooded noodle shop at the banks of Tha Chin river in Nakhon Pathom, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa 

A view of customers in a flooded noodle shop at the banks of Tha Chin river in Nakhon Pathom, in the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Juarawee Kittisilpa 

A customer poses for a photo with posters of Chang Lao-wang inside his Yunnanese rice noodle restaurant in Taoyuan, Taiwan, October 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang 

Bunma cooks pork at his noodle shop in a street in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand August 18, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Customers buy instant noodles, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a supermarket in Beijing, China April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) buys cup noodles and drinks at a store inside JGSDF Miyako camp on Miyako Island, Okinawa prefecture, Japan April 20, 2022. Picture taken April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Customers enter a noodle restaurant owned by Lin En-huei, 54, in Taipei, Taiwan April 7, 2022. Picture taken April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher 

Owner Lin En-huei, 54, prepares a bowl of noodles at his restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan April 7, 2022. Picture taken April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher 

People wearing face masks line up outside a noodle store following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China, March 31, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Instant noodles are displayed at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

People eat instant noodles at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

People prepare instant noodles before cooking at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Instant noodles are cooked from a self-automated machine at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

A student browses instant noodles at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

People browse instant noodles at the Good Noodle store in Bangkok, Thailand, March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Elizabeth Yee stands inside her restaurant Tonii's Fresh Rice Noodles in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, U.S. January 31, 2022. Picture taken January 31, 2022. REUTERS/Maria Caspani 

A general view of Lucky Me! instant noodles, a brand owned by Monde Nissin Corporation, for sale in a store in Queens, New York City, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

A general view of Lucky Me! instant noodles, a brand owned by Monde Nissin Corporation, for sale in a store in Queens, New York City, U.S., November 30, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly 

Jirintat Tangsupmanee, 45, wearing a face mask and a plastic glove to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cooks "Guay Jub" rolled rice noodles at her late father's food stall in Bangkok's Chinatown, Thailand, October 6, 2021. Picture taken October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha 

Members of ChuNoodle arrive for the 32nd Golden Melody Awards in Taipei, Taiwan August 21, 2021. REUTERS/I-Hwa Cheng 

A man eats at a noodle restaurant across the street from the Olympic Stadium, a Tokyo 2020 Olympic venue, in Tokyo, Japan. July 30 2021 REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou 

A waiter checks the thermometer and disinfectant dispenser at the entrance of Kamukura noodle restaurant in Shinjuku station, during the state of emergency, in Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou 

Two women wear protective face masks while shopping for instant noodles following a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Taipei, Taiwan May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 

A woman wears a protective face mask while shopping for instant noodles following a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Taipei, Taiwan May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 

A man takes instant noodles from a near-empty shelf as customers rush to buy their groceries after the government advised people to reduce leaving their homes and limit gatherings due to an increasing number of locally transmitted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Taipei, Taiwan, May 16, 2021. REUTER/Ann Wan 

Customers rush to buy instant noodles after the government advised people to reduce leaving their homes and limit gatherings due to an increasing number of locally transmitted COVID-19 infections, in Taipei, Taiwan, May 15, 2021. REUTER/Ann Wan 

Ryu Ishihara, 54, the chef at Takamoto Udong & Soba noodle restaurant, poses for a portrait at the restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, May 13, 2021. "I think the Olympics should be held. I want to watch, hear the results, and cheer because I like sports," said Ishihara. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "KYUNG-HOON PORTRAITS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A woman buys instant noodles in a supermarket following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Taipei, Taiwan, May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ann Wang 

Ding Yinhua, 69, a shepherd, kneads dough for next day noodles at her house, in the Gobi desert in Minqin county, Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 18, 2021. Tree-planting has been at the heart of China's environmental efforts for decades as the country seeks to turn barren deserts and marshes near its borders into farmland but some of the farmers in Wuwei have begun to lose hope after decades trying to subdue the deserts. Despite the tree-planting, pastures have deteriorated in recent years as a result of declining rainfall in the spring and summer, Ding said. "It's just no good without rain. We don't have land so there's no other way: we just herd sheep. In 2015 and 2016, there was rain but since then there's been nothing, and you now have to wait until September," she said. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SAND RAWLINS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Wang Yinji, 53, carries a bowl of noodles in his kitchen at his home in a village near the edge of the Gobi desert on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, April 14, 2021. "The more the forest expands, the more it eats into the sands, the better it is for us," said Wang. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SAND RAWLINS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A worker arranges packets of Nestle's Maggi noodles next to Reliance's Snac tac noodles on a shelf inside a Reliance supermarket in Mumbai, India, March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni 

A worker pushes shopping baskets next to packets of Nestle's Maggi noodles and Reliance's Snac tac noodles inside a Reliance supermarket in Mumbai, India, March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni 

A vending machine selling a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), operated by Takenoko ENT Clinic, is installed at the entrance of a ramen noodle shop at Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

A staff member of Takenoko ENT Clinic replenishes a package containing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to a vending machine at the entrance of a ramen noodle shop at Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

A staff member of Takenoko ENT Clinic replenishes a package containing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to a vending machine at the entrance of a ramen noodle shop at Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

Andrew Yang, Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, pulls noodles at Xi'an Famous Foods, with restaurant owner Jason Wang, in the Chinatown section of Manhattan in New York, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Andrew Yang, Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, pulls noodles at Xi'an Famous Foods, with restaurant owner Jason Wang, in the Chinatown section of Manhattan in New York, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 

A woman has her lunch among cutouts depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. President Donald Trump that are placed on table for maintaining social distance at the Hulu Noodle restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

An employee cleans a table next to a cutout depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump, placed on a table for maintaining social distance at the Hulu Noodle restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

A cutout depicting former U.S. President Donald Trump is placed on a table for maintaining social distance at the Hulu Noodle restaurant, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana 

Sakae Kato eats instant noodles for dinner at his home in a restricted zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, February 20, 2021. Kato looks after 41 cats in his home and another empty building on his property. A decade ago, he stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbours who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won't leave. "I want to make sure I am here to take care of the last one," Kato said. "After that I want to die, whether that be a day or hour later." REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEARCH "FUKUSHIMA KYUNG-HOON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES