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

Japanese YouTuber Yoko Ishii explains how KFC became a Christmas tradition in Japan nearly 50 years ago and explores the phenomenon's enduring popularity.

The man who claims he convinced Japan to celebrate Christmas with KFC says he now regrets his “lie.” Takeshi Okawara, who reportedly managed Japan’s first KFC location in Osaka, was profiled ...

KFC dominates the season, with 3.6 million families in Japan making advance reservations for bespoke Christmas chicken.

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.

Having only opened in Japan about four years earlier, KFC was looking for ways to get the Japanese to embrace fried chicken, which is considered more of a luxury product in the country. Christmas ...

The Japanese tradition of eating fried chicken on Christmas may be built on a lie, according to the man who helped bring KFC to Japan.

'KFC was everywhere' To better understand how and why fried chicken became synonymous with Christmas in Japan, we have to rewind a few decades.

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.

KFC (Christmas) Japan Airlines (KAZUHIRO NOGI-AFP via Getty Images) Catchy Christmas marketing Of course, “Kentucky for Christmas” didn’t catch on without a substantial advertising investment.