As Japan Times reported earlier this month, the average price of whole Christmas cakes in Japan this year is up 7.8%, or about $2.20, from a year earlier, reflecting surging costs of almost all ...

It may not be a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas there is big business. Quirky seasonal customs take place in people's homes across the country, while city squares host elaborate Christmas ...

Every December, millions of Japanese families line up for KFC, a tradition that started with a 1970s marketing campaign called Kentucky for Christmas, which really hit the mark.

It may not be a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas there is big business. Quirky seasonal customs take place in people's homes across the country, while city squares host elaborate Christmas ...

Japan has very unique Christmas traditions: KFC fried chicken buckets, ... Christmas dinner usually means a fat roast turkey or a nice holiday ham, in Japan it’s all about the Colonel.

Christmas isn’t really a religious holiday in Japan – about 1% of the population identify as Christian – but it’s still a fun tradition. KFC restaurants in Japan encourage people to place ...

Every December, millions of Japanese families line up for KFC, a tradition that started with a 1970s marketing campaign called Kentucky for Christmas, which really hit the mark.

While this practice may seem odd to outsiders, it highlights the inventive ways in which Japan has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions to fit its own culture. It’s worth noting that Christmas in ...

The KFC tradition dates back to 1970, when the first KFC opened in Japan, a KFC Japan spokesperson told BBC in 2016. The manager of that first restaurant, Takeshi Okawara, supposedly heard a few ...

A woman flew to Japan to create a funny Christmas card with a fake family — and dressed up and played all the characters herself. Brynn Shuller, 34, has been embodying her made-up family ...

Carey Arroyo grew up in Dumaguete City—“the city of gentle people,” she likes to say—and spent many Christmases there. She loves a lot of things about Christmas in the Philippines. “The ...