At Kentucky Fried Chicken's Japanese outlets, Christmas is the busiest time of the year--with people rushing out to buy fried chicken and cake. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal ...

Christmas celebrations in the United States often feature turkey, ham, or both as the star protein(s) in a homemade family feast. However, holiday revelers in Japan customarily enjoy a far ...

KFC Japan started selling a fried chicken Christmas meal more than 50 years ago For many people in Japan, KFC is central to their Christmas celebrations. Every year at Christmas, 3.5 million ...

And to add a touch of Christmas flair, you can use left-over scraps of gift-wrapping to create your lanterns (Yay, recycling!). Japan’s KFC Christmas Meal According to a BBC report, eating ...

who would later become CEO of KFC Japan, had a brain wave one night. Until then, a 'Christmas dinner' in Japan didn't really exist; there was no one set meal that people enjoyed. Okawara ...

There are lots of different ways people celebrate Christmas around the world. In Japan, a bucket of KFC fried chicken has become a holiday staple. Christmas Eve in Finland can involve going to the ...

In Japan, Christmas is not a traditional holiday, but it has become synonymous with a KFC feast. Thanks to a successful marketing campaign in the 1970s, families now enjoy buckets of fried chicken ...