Sunshine Coast baker Ayaka Fujita with her Christmas cake. (Supplied)"It's not a religious day for us … on the 25th morning, we always have presents. "Food and cakes are usually on the night of ...

KFC Japan estimates that 3 to 4 million families eat its chicken for Christmas each year. The lead-up to December 25 has become the company's largest sales week.

If this year is your first Christmas in Japan, you might be a little surprised (or even confused) at some of the traditions you witness. Even though only about 1 percent of the Japanese population ...

Christmas in Japan is a unique cultural phenomenon. Unlike in many parts of the world where it is a deeply religious occasion, imbued with traditions rooted in Christianity, Japan celebrates Christmas ...

Here are 5 unique ways to celebrate Christmas like they do in Japan. Yes, you heard it right, they actually do celebrate Christmas in Japan. Most of the world does, in fact, albeit in very ...

The KFC tradition dates back to 1970, when the first KFC opened in Japan, a KFC Japan spokesperson told BBC in 2016. The manager of that first restaurant, Takeshi Okawara, supposedly heard a few ...

In Japan, Christmas dinner is all about Kentucky Fried Chicken. Every December, millions of Japanese families line up for KFC, a tradition that started with a 1970s marketing campaign called ...

Christmas isn’t a national holiday in Japan but that doesn’t stop a large number of people from celebrating the festival. Father Christmas, or Santa Kurohsu, is said to have eyes in the back ...