Japan Then and Now

Customers slurp down bowls of ramen noodles outside a shop in Dotonbori
Michael S. Yamashita / CORBIS

THEN: Fast Food Nation
Customers slurp down bowls of ramen noodles outside a shop in Dotonbori, the main commercial street in Osaka, in 1989.

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