In Japan, Christmas is not a traditional holiday, but it has become synonymous with a KFC feast. Thanks to a successful marketing campaign in the 1970s, families now enjoy buckets of fried chicken ...

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 ...

In Western culture, Christmas is that time of the year when families gather around a long table to catch up, opening lavishly wrapped gifts and sipping eggnog. Some attend church. But in Japan ...

Japan's department stores began to import ornaments and decorations, explained the University of Queensland's Dr Natsuko Akagawa, who grew up celebrating Christmas in the city of Kobe.

Tokyo (CNN) — One of Sumire Sekino’s most memorable Christmases involved spending the day hopping around some of Tokyo’s best date spots with her boyfriend. That day, she recalled, began ...

For the past few years, I’ve been making my own at-home race car-shaped Christmas tree ornaments. It’s a fairly simple process, even for someone who isn’t particularly creative — and I’m ...

While Brits are stuffing their faces with Turkey and all the trimmings, in Japan Christmas cuisine has a decidedly different flavour. It's customary for Japanese families to serve up Kentucky ...