Around Christmas in Japan, it's no longer just a holiday of lights and the shopping season, but also a kind of Valentine's Day romantic tradition. Although in the West, households on Christmas Eve ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a ...

Christmas celebrations in the United States often feature turkey, ham, or both as the star protein(s) in a homemade family feast. However, holiday revelers in Japan customarily enjoy a far ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is being criticized for distributing gift certificates to 15 first-year lawmakers in ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...

In the process of the popularization of Christmas in Japan, I believe certain dishes played a major role. Roast chicken and cake have been Christmas dinner staples for decades, but there is also ...

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It's a fun exploration of some unusual Christmas traditions around the world, including Mexico, Japan and Finland. It celebrates Christmas as a special time for Christians and non-Christians alike.

The report was released by Japanese video-game website Famitsu, who showed the rankings of the bestselling video games and video game consoles during Christmas week in Japan. The Nintendo 3DS ...

While Christmas in the US may conjure up visions of sugarplums and holiday hams, in Japan a certain fast-food staple takes center stage - and it's all thanks to a clever marketing ploy by KFC.

At Kentucky Fried Chicken's Japanese outlets, Christmas is the busiest time of the year--with people rushing out to buy fried chicken and cake. Photo: Miho Inada/The Wall Street Journal ...