My Cup Noodle

Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. (日清食品株式会社, Nisshin Shokuhin Kabushiki-gaisha) is the name of a company in Japan that makes instant ramen noodles. The company was established in 1948. Instant noodles and cup noodles were both invented by Nissin’s founder, Momofuku Ando in 1958.

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Candies Sweeten Sanyo AC

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (三洋電機株式会社, San’yō Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major Japanese electronics company and Fortune 500 company whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan targeting the middle of the market, with over 324 offices and plants worldwide and about 100,000 employees.

Candies (キャンディーズ) was a famous Japanese idol group of the 1970s. Candies was composed of three girls: Ran Ito (伊藤蘭) called Ran, Yoshiko Tanaka (田中好子) called Sue and Miki Fujimura (藤村美樹) called Miki. Candies was formed in 1973, and starting with the song “あなたに夢中” (Anata ni muchu. crazy for you in English). They had overwhelming popularity with Japanese young people because of good harmonies.

Residential air conditioning is ubiquitous in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong, especially in the latter two due to most of the population living in small high-rise flats in warm climates. In this area, with soaring summer temperatures and a high standard of living, air conditioning is considered a necessity and not a luxury.

Ajinomoto Stadium Surprise

The first subtitle is strangely incorrect. The van actually reads:
「ひっこし野郎」 “[The] Moving Guys”.

Tokyo Stadium (Japanese: 東京スタジアム) is a multipurpose stadium located in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.

The stadium was founded at Kantō Mura, the redevelopment area formerly used by USFJ, in March 2001. It was the first stadium in Japan that offered its naming rights, which were sold to Ajinomoto Co., Inc. with a 5-year 1.2 billion yen (about 10 million United States dollars) contract, from March 2003 to February 2008. As a result, it is currently named Ajinomoto Stadium (Japanese:味の素スタジアム).

Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds (vocal cords).

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (味の素株式会社, Ajinomoto Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company that produces food seasonings, cooking oils, foods and pharmaceuticals. The literal translation of Aji no Moto is “Essence of Taste”, used as a trademark for the company’s monosodium glutamate (MSG). Ajinomoto currently produces around 33% of the world’s MSG.