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McDonald’s Japan hack: Make a Chicken Tatsuta in five minutes anywhere in the world
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2026 - Tweet
Now you can get a taste of a famous limited-edition exclusive burger without travelling to Japan.
- Japan
- (burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • hack • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)
McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2026
![McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/04/gm-1.jpg?w=640 "McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]")
Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity.
- Japan
- (anime • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Gundam • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • video)
KFC Japan introduces a new burger 8 years in the making
- Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2025
We find out if this Japanese flavour was worth the time and effort it took to develop.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • Japanese food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • tatsuta)
Mos Burger spices things up with a brand-new gochujang burger they promise is addictingly good
- Krista Rogers
Feb 13, 2024
Popular Japanese burger chain offers a Korean-inspired new menu item and also brings back a popular past crispy chicken favorite for a limited time.
- Japan
- (chicken • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • gochujang • hamburger • Korean • Mos Burger • spicy • yangnyeom)
Dom Dom Burger joins the moon-viewing party a bit late with an unusual moon-inspired sandwich
- Dale Roll
Oct 26, 2023
There’s a reason why this sandwich is out so late!
- Japan
- (chicken sandwich • Chicken Tatsuta • Dom Dom Burger • fried egg • sandwich • The Eminence in Shadow • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • weird food)
Trying out First Kitchen’s tsukimi mochi burgers for a taste of Japanese autumn
- Shannon
Sep 15, 2023
Unique burger is in the running for SoraNews24’s Best Tsukimi Burger.
One Piece x McDonald’s Japan collaboration burgers: Does the treasure taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2023
Join us as we take our taste buds on an adventure with Luffy and the gang.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • cool • fast food • food • Luffy • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • One Piece • review • SNJO • straw hat pirates • taste test)
Ultraman title logo generator set up online by McDonald’s Japan
- Master Blaster
Apr 23, 2022
What’s old is Shin again!
- Internet, Japan
- (Chicken Tatsuta • cool • fast food • kaiju • McDonald's • movies • Shin Ultraman • tokusatsu • Ultraman)
New McDonald’s burgers pay homage to an icon of the kaiju genre
- Oona McGee
Apr 23, 2022
A favourite returns…with some surprising new ingredients.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • food • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr. Sato • nanban chicken • new • SNJO • taste test • tokusatsu)
McDonald’s Japan’s new Touch manga collab: Does it really capture the bittersweet taste of youth?
- Oona McGee
Jan 29, 2021
Fried chicken and a hugely popular high school baseball series is a surprise collaboration we never saw coming.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • fast food • manga • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mitsuru Adachi • review • SNJO • taste test • touch)
McDonald’s Japan brings out a new chicken burger with rice buns
- Oona McGee
Jan 25, 2021
Fried chicken sandwich, Japanese-style.
- Japan
- (burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • limited edition • manga • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • rice • rice burger)
McDonald’s teams up with Touch manga for burgers that capture the bittersweet taste of youth
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2021
Hugely popular high school baseball series adds some spice to the chain’s chicken burgers in Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • manga • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mitsuru Adachi • touch)
Thousands Protest McDonald’s Online Speech Policy by Tweeting: “The Chicken Tatsuta is Delicious!”
- Master Blaster
Jan 11, 2013
A few days before, the news broke regarding McDonald’s Japan releasing a memo which outlined new speech restrictions for their employees on social media. Many believe these new rules are an effort to stem worker’s complaints over the new “Enjoy! 60 Second Service” promotion.
After the memo was released, McDonald’s crew members and Japanese netizens took to Twitter and 2channel to voice their opinion about the controversial new restrictions, and everyone’s unanimous opinion was this:
“The Chicken Tatsuta is delicious! It’s my favorite burger!”
- Internet, Japan
- (2ch • Chicken Tatsuta • McDonald's • twitter)
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