*(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, cake and lots of ...

From radish carving in Oaxaca to the Alpine regions' Krampus, there's no shortage of creative ways to ring in the season ...

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Kentucky Fried Chicken has become a massive hit in Japan during the Christmas season, with lines wrapping around the corner and generating enormous sales. Japanese YouTuber Yoko Ishii gave Fox News a ...

(NEXSTAR) – 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. The popular American fast food restaurant ...

A Kentucky Fried Chicken store in Japan. For many people in Japan, KFC is central to their Christmas celebrations. Every year at Christmas, 3.5 million Japanese families opt for KFC, according to an ...

Christmas is a favorite holiday in Japan among two groups of people: young children eagerly awaiting gifts and a piece of "Christmas cake," and 20-something couples looking forward to a romantic ...

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 table ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Christmas is near, and in Japan ...

In Japan, where the Christian population accounts for no more than 1 percent of the population, Christmas isn’t an officially recognized holiday. Most businesses and government offices will operate ...