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Yoshinoya invites you to give the gift of beef bowls this Mother’s Day

• Master Blaster
  Apr 14, 2026
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I mean, if I were a mother, I’d appreciate it.

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• Japan
• (Arita ware • beef bowls • COK • fast food • food • gyudon • Mother's Day • Speedia • Wakasa lacquerware • Yoshinoya)

McDonald’s and Gundam team up for customized anime mecha and fried chicken sandwiches[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 9, 2026

Char’s invasion of Side 7 looks a little different in this continuity.

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• Japan
• (anime • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Gundam • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • robots • video)

McDonald’s Japan adds new Hello Kitty and Pompompurin drinks to the menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2026

Sanrio characters add sweetness to first-ever McDonald’s smoothie and frappe collaboration, complete with a Japanese idol commercial. 

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• Japan
• (Ano • commercial • cool • cute • drinks • fast food • hack • Hello Kitty • idol • Idols • Japanese commercials • Japanese idols • Kawaii • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pompompurin • Sanrio)

The Almost All Lettuce Burger from Dom Dom Burger really lives up to its name

• Master Blaster
  Apr 2, 2026

Dom Dom turns over a new leaf.

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• Japan
• (Almost All Lettuce Burger • burgers • COK • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • Lettuce • Saizeriya • SNJO • taste test • weird)

McDonald’s Japan releases “intense” McPork burger, prompts Michelin chef to create jam hack

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2026

Can Japanese jam really get this burger out of a jam?

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• Japan
• (Aohata • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • food hacks • hack • hacks • jam • jam jar • Japanese jam jar • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McPork • SNJO)

Rumors say this is Japan’s very best McDonald’s branch, but what makes it special?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2026

We head half-way across Japan and try what foodies say is the most delicious McDonald’s branch in the whole county.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • chicken nuggets • COK • fast food • food • french fries • hamburgers • Japanese McDonald’s • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s Mos Burger creates tempura rice bowl bento boxed lunch burger, but not for its menu

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2026

New item seeks to put four food categories in your hand all at once.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bento • boxed lunches • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • Mos Burger • noriben • rice • rice burgers • tempura)

Japan’s Mos Burger discontinues old teriyaki burger and rolls out new recipe, but is it as good?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 21, 2026

Japan’s favorite domestic burger chain, the one that introduced the teriyaki burger to the country, launches seventh-generation sandwich.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burgers)

McDonald’s Japan celebrates spring with… a Strawberry Shortcake Pie?!?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2026

Limited-edition pink dessert seems unseasonal at this time of year, but all will be forgiven if it meets our high standards. 

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• Japan
• (apple pie • dessert pie • desserts • fast food • food • Japanese strawberry • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • sakura • SNJO • strawberries • strawberry • strawberry shortcake)

Japan’s craziest burger chain takes menchi katsu to new extreme levels

• Oona McGee
  Feb 28, 2026

We find out what gives the Naughty Menchi Katsu Burger its unusual name. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • crazy • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Hamburger • DomDom • fast food • food • katsu • menchi katsu • weird)

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.

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• 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)

McDonald’s Japan hack: What happens when you put an apple pie inside a Big Mac?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2026

This could be the best idea in the world…or the worst.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • Big Mac • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • hacks • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets)

A robot joins the team at a fast-food restaurant, but in an unlikely city in northern Japan

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 6, 2026

OriHime arrives at a local Mos Burger to test the future of inclusive work.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • Avatar Robot Cafe • cafes • clever • COK • cool • disabilities • fast food • food • Iwate • Morioka • Mos Burger • OriHime • OryLab • restaurants • robots • society • technology)

McDonald’s Japan partners with anime English teacher, but did they commit a cultural error?[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 5, 2026

Ellen-sensei is the latest otaku spokesperson for McDonald’s, but there’s one organization she’d never endorse.

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• Japan
• (anime • baseball • Ellen Baker • Ellen-sensei • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • otaku • sports • video)

All Lotteria fast food restaurants in Japan to close by the end of March

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2026

Lotteria is dead. Long live Zetteria.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotte • Lotteria • restaurants • Zensho • Zetteria)

Dragon Quest Burgers and Slime drinks are coming to McDonald’s Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 26, 2025

Heroic sword slash inspires trio of burgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • slime • Square Enix • video • video games)

Dragon Quest Slime toys appear at McDonald’s Japan in crossover with Grimace and pals【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 19, 2025

We did not expect a Slime to appear here.

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• Japan
• (burgers • crazy • Dragon Quest • fast food • figures • food • Grimace • hamburgers • Happy Meals • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • slime • Square Enix • toys • video • video games • weird)

What’s inside the McDonald’s Japan fukubukuro lucky bag for 2026?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 9, 2025

Join us as we take a pre-sale sneak peek at what the brand will be serving up for lucky customers at New Year. 

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • cool • fast food • food • Francfranc • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2026 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag 2026 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2026 • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • merchandise • SNJO)

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

Open wide! It’s time for a showdown between McDonald’s Japan’s and Komeda gratin croquette burgers

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2025

Gurakoro and Gurakuro came out on same day, filling fans’ hearts with joy and filling their stomachs with gratin croquettes.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • croquette burgers • croquettes • fast food • food • gratin • gratin croquette burgers • Gurakoro • Komeda Cofee • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

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