As Japan Times reported earlier this month, the average price of whole Christmas cakes in Japan this year is up 7.8%, or about $2.20, from a year earlier, reflecting surging costs of almost all ...

A statue of Colonel Sanders in Santa outfit is pictured on Dec. 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. KFC at Christmas has become something of a tradition in Japan with some attributing its yuletide ...

Christmas was, and still is, a secular holiday in Japan — a country where less than 1% of the population identifies as Christian — and in the 1970s many people didn’t have established family ...

TOKYO, JAPAN – DECEMBER 23: A statue of Colonel Sanders in Santa outfit is pictured on December 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. KFC at Christmas has become something of a tradition in Japan with some ...

About 3.6 million Japanese people consume KFC on Christmas -- a tradition that goes back to the 1970s. A statue of Colonel Sanders in a Santa outfit is pictured on December 23, 2020, in Tokyo.

The popular American fast food restaurant has been embedded in Japanese Christmas culture dating back to the 1970s, according to KFC Japan, which sees its highest sales of the year during the holiday.

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Dec. 7, 2015)-- Several Zama Community Spouses' Association volunteers shared their American Christmas traditions with over 60 ladies from Japanese Friendship Groups Dec. 1 at ...

Kate Springer, 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 ...

Christmas is near, and in Japan that means that many families will be heading out together to pick up their feast for the celebration … from KFC.