It's not even a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas is big business. How did it become such a popular occasion?

Japan’s most-followed religion is Shintoism, with less than 1% of its population being Christian. And yet, the nation ...

In Japan, Christmas has become an anniversary of love and romance, which thus feels closer to a second Valentine's holiday.

Kentucky Fried Chicken cemented itself as a Christmas staple with its Christmas chicken meal, which began in the 1970s. Now, ...

Celebrating Christmas in Japan for the first time? You’ll soon come to find that there are several key differences between ...

Eating fried chicken from fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a very popular Christmas tradition in Japan.

This country of 124 million people didn't have a traditional Christmas meal in the 1970s, so KFC decided to try and change ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially ...

Advent and Christmas come with many different traditions, including those of the culinary variety. Here's a look at three ...

Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken is such a popular Christmas tradition in Japan that some people order their feast months in advance to avoid waiting in huge lines.

Christmas just isn’t like it used to be.” This is not a new complaint. History shows that Christmas traditions are just as ...

Perhaps the most unusual and unexpected Advent and Christmas food tradition is the Japanese custom of eating KFC during the holiday. While the Christian population of Japan is small – less than ...