Ever wonder why millions of families in Japan celebrate Christmas with a bucket of KFC? Discover the fascinating story of how Colonel Sanders in a Santa suit became a holiday icon in Japan, and how a ...

In 1974, KFC launched a Japanese marketing campaign called ‘Kurisumasu ni wa ... it's easy to forget he was a real person rather than just a marketing image, or cartoon likeness on a logo. He was also ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Eating fried chicken from fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a very popular Christmas tradition in Japan. Every Christmas, there are very long lines of customers at ...

KFC Japan started selling a fried chicken Christmas meal more than 50 years ago YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty For many people in Japan, KFC is central to their Christmas celebrations. Every year ...

The story goes ... a foreign customer visited KFC in Tokyo on Christmas Day and complained about not being able to get turkey in Japan and being left no choice but to celebrate with KFC.

According to figures released by the American fast-food chain, KFC Japan pulled in 6.9 billion yen (roughly US$63 million) from December 20 to 25 in 2018, with lines outside the door starting on D ...

Nov 11 - Yum! Brands' (YUM.N), opens new tab KFC has sued Church's Texas Chicken in federal court, accusing the rival fast-food chain of violating its trademark rights in the phrase "Original Recipe." ...

I'm an American living in Japan and I visited a Kentucky Fried Chicken location in Japan. The KFC in Japan had some unique menu items and some classics — I especially loved the Choco Pie.

Big Four Japanese firm Nishimura & Asahi is acting for Carlyle Group on its tender offer for Tokyo-listed KFC Holdings Japan. According to a statement by KFC Japan, two other Big Four Japanese ...

TOKYO : Fast food operator KFC Holdings Japan said on Monday that a Carlyle Group-backed fund launched a tender offer for its shares in a deal worth 135 billion yen ($863 million). Crispy Holdings ...

TOKYO -- U.S. private equity group Carlyle said Monday it will seek to take the operator of KFC fried chicken restaurants in Japan private in a roughly 130 billion yen ($835 million) acquisition.