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

KFC entered that landscape in 1970 through a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation. The brand’s early years in Japan were steady but unremarkable. Fried chicken was a novelty, not yet a ritual.

Why Japan loves to celebrate Christmas with fried chicken - When December 25 comes around, queues spill out of every KFC in ...

In celebration of these Christmassy eccentricities, we’ve rounded up 12 of the most unusual customs from across the globe.

To make life more convenient (and lucrative), KFC has also spread Christmas out to include the days leading up to December 25 ...

(Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP/AFP) KFC in Japan is gearing up for the Christmas tradition of millions of families thronging the US fast-food chain for special festive buckets of deep-fried chicken and other ...

We all have our own Christmas traditions without which the holiday simply wouldn't feel complete. Maybe it's gathering ‘round the fireplace, hanging up ornaments on the tree, or tucking into the couch ...

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 ...

Since the early 20th century, Christmas has evolved from a religious holiday to a hugely popular cultural holiday observed by ...

As KFC tells it, this curious Christmas custom dates back to the 1970s, when Takeshi Okawara, Harvard alumnus and manager of the first KFC franchise in Japan, overheard foreigners at his store ...