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KFC Japan releases its first thigh-meat fried chicken burger in 43 years, but was it worth the wait?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026
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It’s been a looooong time since you could get a thigh-meat sandwich at KFC Japan, and now you can get six.

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• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan • KFC • KFC Japan • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

KFC Japan unveils new Tsukimi collection that takes moon-viewing to extreme levels

• Oona McGee
  Aug 22, 2026

Eggs run wild for this ever-evolving Japanese tradition.

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• Japan
• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • otsukimi • Shiori Sato • T.M. Revolution • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Family Mart changes its Famichiki packaging for the first time in nine years

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2026

Japan’s beloved convenience store fried chicken is getting a new look, but “I am Chicken” is nowhere to be seen.

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• (chicken • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Famichiki • Family mart • Famima • food • fried chicken • hot food • Japanese convenience stores • Nigo)

Raw chicken dishes to be regulated by Japanese government

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2026

Government probably always just assumed common sense was enough.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • food • food poisoning • Guillian-Barré • health • Japanese food • Kagoshima • raw meat • regulations • safety • tataki • wellness)

KFC Japan opens a Christmas restaurant in Tokyo…but why???

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2025

Fast food chain’s first-ever Christmas restaurant serves to break away from the nation’s fried chicken tradition. 

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• (burgers • chicken • Christmas • Christmas 2025 • Christmas chicken • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • Japanese food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC christmas • KFC Japan • SNJO)

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.

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• Japan
• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • Chicken Tatsuta • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • Japanese food • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • SNJO • tatsuta)

How to make black fried chicken for Black Friday/Fry Day【Recipe】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 19, 2025

Why should we go hunt for bargains when we’ve already got all we really need (fried chicken) right here?

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• (black • Black Friday • chicken • COK • cooking • crazy • food • fried chicken • karaage • recipe • SNJO)

7-Eleven selling half-off fried food for Black Friday alongside regular-priced black food

• Master Blaster
  Nov 16, 2025

It’s more like a Golden Brown Fryday.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • black food • Black Friday • chicken • convenience stores • corquettes • fried food • shopping • spring rolls)

Japan’s original oyakodon restaurant reopens after three years in a newly renovated building

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 21, 2025

Who cares about which came first when Tamahide clearly knows that the chicken and the egg are a combo best served at the same time? 

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• (chicken • egg • gourmet • Nihombashi • Ningyo-cho • original • oyakodon • Restaurant • Rice Bowl • shamonabe • specialty • Tokyo)

Is KFC Japan’s new Triple Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burger really as big as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 28, 2025

Putting a new burger to the test, in the Mr Sato way. 

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• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • Mr. Sato • otsukimi • SNJO • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

KFC Japan unveils new Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers for 2025

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2025

This year’s range comes with a muscly Chief Tamago Officer heading up the Human Eggification Project.

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• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • marketing • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • otsukimi • pies • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at KFC Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 7, 2025

With costs rising everywhere in Japan, what can a single note get you at KFC?

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• (cheap finds • chicken • COK • cool • drinks • fast food • food • fried chicken • Japanese food • KFC • SNJO)

7-Eleven adds U.S.A. orange chicken to its range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Can this convenience store chain give Panda Express a run for its money?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • orange chicken • SNJO • taste test)

7-Eleven pancakes become a hit with American tourists in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2025

There’s a unique way Americans like to eat this convenience store sweet.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • fried chicken • hack • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • pancakes • SNJO • taste test)

Chicken McNugget rice cooker rice — Can it beat KFC rice cooker rice?【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2024

With McNuggets on sale, we’re diving back into the rich world of crazy rice cooker cooking.

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• (chicken • Chicken McNuggets • COK • cooking • food • McDonald's • rice • rice cooker • rice cooker cooking • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

KFC Japan unveils new Tsukimi Moon Viewing Burgers for 2024

• Oona McGee
  Aug 24, 2024

Fried chicken meets Japanese tradition with a new lineup, and there’s a sweet pie in the mix too.

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• (burgers • chicken • chicken burgers • fast food • food • fried chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • otsukimi • pies • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Garlic-stuffed whole chickens sold at vending machine in Okinawa’s Naha Airport

• Master Blaster
  Jul 7, 2024

Muy bueno.

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• Japan
• (Bueno Chicken • chicken • cooking • garlic • naha airport • Okinawa • regional food • travel • vending machines)

Fried Pokémon: Tokyo restaurant serves up an unusual dish【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2024

Pikachu…is that you?

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • chicken • COK • food • fried chicken • Kanda • karaage • Pokemon • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Who wins in a battle of McDonald’s and Komeda Coffee’s chicken tatsuta burgers?【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 30, 2024

There was no way that we were gonna chicken out from this fight.

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• (Burger • chicken • COK • comparison • Komeda Coffee • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tatsuta)

Sandwiches fit for a sumo served up in Osaka【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Apr 25, 2024

A sandwich is a sandwich but Osaka Tonkatsu is a meal.

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• Japan
• (big eats • chicken • Chiyomatsu • food • food trucks • Osaka • Osaka Tonkatsu • sandwiches)

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