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Burger King Japan shuns Shibuya Halloween spirit, but keeps it alive everywhere else
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2026 - Tweet
No tricks or treats is the plan at Shibuya Center-gai, but cool sweets will be waiting at every other branch.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • cool • fast food • food • halloween • ice cream • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • sweets)
Burger King Japan now selling hamburgers minus everything but the meat
- Casey Baseel
Oct 18, 2026
On the Beef is back, but in a sense it never really left.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • meat • weird)
Burger King goes viral in Japan for opening new store in a Japanese-style building
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2026
U.S. dining and Japanese architectural design come together at this eye-catching new location.
- Japan
- (architecture • buildings • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • japanese architecture • restaurants • SNJO • traditional architecture • traditional building)
Burger King Japan brings back its insane all-you-can-eat One Pounder Challenge
- Elliot Hale
Aug 21, 2026
Can you eat more than 12 mega burgers in just 45 minutes for a chance at winning the national final?
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • One Pounder Challenge • one-pounder • restaurants)
Burger King Japan goes viral for its new Big Mouth Dirty, but is it really worth the hype?
- Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2026
We find out why people are raving about this new limited-edition burger.
- Japan
- (Big Mouth Dirty • Burger King • Burger King Japan • fast food • food • SNJO)
Burger King Japan offering all-you-can-eat quad-burgers, whoever eats the most gets more in December
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2026
Beefy gauntlet has been thrown down once again by Burger King Japan.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • food • hamburgers • One Pounder Challenge • one-pounder • restaurants)
Second-generation sumo burger coming to Burger King Japan with return of Baby Body Burger
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2026
New collaboration with Japan Sumo Association is even more deacdent than the last.
- Japan
- (Baby Body Burger • big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japan Sumo Association • Sumo)
Burger King Japan launches King Fusion, and the possibilities are endless (and delicious)
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2026
The Burger King sundae line feels like a perfect match for the Japanese sweets scene.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • fast food • food • ice cream • King Fusion • sundaes • sweets)
Burger King Japan’s All Heavy customisation hack may not be all it’s cracked up to be
- Oona McGee
Apr 22, 2026
The results of this taste test are truly baffling.
- Japan
- (All Heavy • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • food hacks • hack • hacks • SNJO • whopper)
We tried six Japanese burger chains’ coffee to test the state of fast food coffee in Japan[Taste test]
- SoraNews24
Feb 18, 2026
In a rare twist, we headed to McDonald’s Japan, Mos Burger, and more without buying a single sandwich, because today we’re all about the beans.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • First Kitchen • food • hamburgers • KFC • KFC Japan • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test • Wendey’s Japan • Wendy's • Zetteria)
Burger King Japan’s newest all-you-can-eat burger deal is its smelliest yet
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2025
The Ninniku Garlic the One-Pounder is a burger so pungent they garlic-named it twice.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • Burger King Japan • burgers • food • hamburgers • One Pounder Challenge • one-pounder)
Burger King Japan to be bought by America’s Goldman-Sachs
- Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2025
Burger King’s rapid expansion in Japan has caught the eye of the Wall Street giant.
- Japan, USA
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • Goldman Sachs • hamburgers)
Burger King dares people to trick or treat them in Japan this Halloween
- Oona McGee
Oct 31, 2025
Those who take up the challenge will get a free ice cream in return.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • desserts • fast food • halloween • ice cream • marketing • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • soft serve • Tokyo • trick or treat)
Burger King Japan’s crazy patty-only menu item: Depressing, delicious, or both?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 3, 2025
On the Beef plays with our mind, but does it satisfy our stomach?
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • meat • SNJO • taste test • weird)
Burger King Japan releasing official Japan Sumo Association burger
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2025
“Yokozuna-class” burger is for those with very big appetites.
- Japan
- (big food • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • sports • Sumo)
Is Burger King Japan sending subliminal messages in its packaging for the new “Top” One Pounder?
- SoraNews24
Dec 12, 2024
Lucky New Year burger comes with a questionable “Big Inside” bag that looks like something is being inserted…
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japanese New Year • marketing • new year • New Year 2025 • one-pounder • The One Pounder • whopper)
Burger King Japan creates Kyoto Whopper, its most Japanese burger ever, with Kyoto rice merchant
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2024
237-year-old Kyoto rice merchant helps make a new kind of rice burger.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kyoto • rice • rice burger • whopper)
Burger King takes a different approach to tsukimi moon-viewing burgers in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2024
A refreshing twist on the traditional Japanese festival.
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • chipotle • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • new release • pineapple • restaurants • spicy • spicy food • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)
Burger King Japan’s new Steak Sauce Whopper contains actual steak pieces
- Oona McGee
Aug 9, 2024
Special soy sauce adds a Japanese twist to this meaty affair.
- Japan
- (beef • Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • meat • new release • restaurants • spice • spicy • spicy food • steak)
Burger King Japan suddenly adds Dr. Pepper and Dr. Pepper floats to its menu nationwide
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2024
Dokupe fans, rejoice!
- Japan
- (Burger King • Burger King Japan • COK • Dr. Pepper • drinks • fast food • food • rstaurants • soda)
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