Fried chicken was marketed by KFC Japan as the perfect Christmas food in the 1970s — and it stuck. Urban legend, perpetuated by KFC, held that Westerners unable to source turkey in Japan instead ...

In the process of the popularization of Christmas in Japan, I believe certain dishes ... this extravagant dish can be had even at family restaurants today. It was named for the Italian composer ...

It all started back in 1970, shortly after the first branch of the fast food chain opened in ... turkey and other traditional Christmas things while in Japan – only around 1% of people in ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...