Arguments have raged for years in Japan about the merits of disposable wooden chopsticks, a mainstay of restaurants and ready-made boxed bento meals sold in convenience stores and supermarkets.

Travellers using Zurich Central Station will get a chance to try ekiben, or bento box meals, as their Japanese makers eye ...

YOKOHAMA—Japan on April 10 marked Ekiben Day, celebrating the bento box lunches sold at train stations around the nation. An association of businesses that sell food products at Japan Railway ...

Three Japanese companies have joined forces to bring Japan's iconic ekiben-- bento box meals sold at stations -- to the world, with Switzerland their first stop. "Ekiben World Team," a consortium ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Three Japanese companies have joined forces to bring Japan's iconic "ekiben" -- "bento" box meals sold at stations -- to the world, with Switzerland their first stop. "Ekiben ...