It's a well-known bit of history that KFC is a popular Christmas-time tradition among Japanese families, but how it happened ...

There's Santa, trees, and presents, but on the Christmas lunch table is KFC. Over the last half decade, fried chicken, specifically Kentucky Fried Chicken, has emerged as Japan's Christmas meat.

Not even a blackout could put a damper on festivities at one Japanese aquarium where an electric eel is being used to light up its Christmas tree. Two aluminum panels inside the eel's tank work as ...

Christmas is KFC Japan's busiest time of year. It said it had 2 million customers last year from Dec. 23 to 25. Those few days brought in about 6 billion yen, or $41 million, in 2022.

Yoko-Pon, mascot for Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, helps usher in the holiday season at a Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 6, 2024. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes) ...

Christmas in Japan is a unique cultural phenomenon. Unlike in many parts of the world where it is a deeply religious occasion, imbued with traditions rooted in Christianity, Japan celebrates Christmas ...

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 ...

There's Santa, trees, and presents, but on the Christmas lunch table is KFC. Over the last half decade, fried chicken, specifically Kentucky Fried Chicken, has emerged as Japan's Christmas meat.