It's not even a public holiday in Japan, but Christmas is big business. How did it become such a popular occasion?

In Western culture, Christmas is that time of the year when families gather around a long table to catch up, opening lavishly ...

Celebrating Christmas in Japan for the first time? You’ll soon come to find that there are several key differences between ...

Unlike the traditional family gatherings in Western cultures, Christmas in Japan has become a special occasion for couples.

The protest group, whose slogan is "smash Christmas", usually marches on Tokyo's streets on Christmas Eve, which is seen as ...

Kentucky Fried Chicken cemented itself as a Christmas staple with its Christmas chicken meal, which began in the 1970s. Now, ...

This country of 124 million people didn't have a traditional Christmas meal in the 1970s, so KFC decided to try and change ...

But in Japan, the festive season has long taken on an additional dimension, a rather romantic one: it’s widely seen as another Valentine’s Day. Couples go on a special date on Christmas Eve ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially ...

Christmas Eve is seen as one of the most romantic date nights of the year in Japan but this year, Tokyo's streets were a little emptier. The group posted on X before the big day: "Regarding this ...

For millions of people in Japan, the perfect Christmas dinner is a good meal from KFC. Yup. You’re reading that correctly. Business booms every year for KFC on Christmas Day. Instead of going ...