TOKYO: Momofuku Ando, the man credited with inventing instant noodles, will bow out of the business frontline at age 95 after seeing his cups of quick, hot and inexpensive meals sweep the world.
The entrepreneur, who entered the food business when Japan was hungry after World War II, lived to watch his invention stocked on the shelves of omnipresent convenience stores and become an international favourite for people on the go.
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