Forget the figgy pudding! The fried chicken chain has been a holiday staple in the East Asian country since the mid-1970s ...

The scent of miso and fried chicken drifted towards me the moment I stepped out of Takadanobaba station in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ...

KFC entered that landscape in 1970 through a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation. The brand’s early years in Japan were ...

It's Christmas, but not as you know it. Since World War II, Japan has embraced the typically Western holiday and made it its own. There's Santa, trees, and presents, but on the Christmas lunch table ...

In 1974, KFC launched its 'Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii!' campaign (which translates as 'Kentucky for Christmas!').

Turning on its lights for the first time on Nov. 1, Fukuoka City’s “Christmas Market in Hikari no Machi” was one of the earliest to open in the country. Other major cities in Japan weren’t too far ...

*(CNN) — Almost every year since she was a child, Hokkaido resident Naomi has looked forward to her family’s traditional Christmas meal: a KFC “party barrel” brimming with salad, cake and lots of ...

Join lifelong photographer and journalist Jefferson Graham as he shows off the most photographable places in Japan this holiday season — all through the lens of his smartphone.

One of Sumire Sekino’s most memorable Christmases involved spending the day hopping around some of Tokyo’s best date spots with her boyfriend. That day, she recalled, began with the pair snapping away ...

Only about 1 percent of the Japanese population is Christian. But you might not realize that if you visited a major metropolitan area during Christmastime. Just as in America, you'll find heads topped ...