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Colonel Sanders gets hot and spicy as star of official anime-style KFC dating simulator【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2019 - Tweet
Game is officially published by KFC, promises a romance that will make you want to lick your fingers.
- Japan
- (Colonel Sanders • crazy • dating simulators • fast food • food • funny • KFC • video • video games • weird)
McDonald’s new mochi shiratama McFlurry’s name is a mouthful, but our taste buds want it anyway
- Casey Baseel
Aug 31, 2019
McDonald’s isn’t entirely confident in its newest Japanese-inspired dessert, but we believe in it.
Taco Bell introduces the Naked Chicken Taco to Japan with a special deal for diners in tank tops
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2019
We go and flex our muscles for the tasty new taco.
- Japan
- (burritos • campaign • discounts • fast food • fusion food • marketing • Mexican food • Naked Chicken Taco • taco • Taco Bell • tacos • taste test • tasty)
Japanese curry chain Coco Ichibanya to open a branch in India next year
- Dale Roll
Jul 10, 2019
Can Japan’s version of an Indian dish survive in Delhi, the curry metropolis?
- India, Japan
- (business • business opening • coco ichibanya • curry • Delhi • fast food • fast food chain • India • Japanese cuisine)
Yoshinoya in Japan has an amazingly cheap all-you-can-drink plan for you booze-and-beef cravings
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2019
It’s been said that beef is best, but beef with unlimited alcohol is even better.
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • alcohol • all you can drink • beef bowls • COK • deals • drinks • fast food • food • gyudon • restaurants • SNOJ • Yoshinoya)
Japanese beef bowl chain Yoshinoya releases new canned, ready-to-eat rice bowls 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2019
We try the full selection of emergency pork, beef, chicken and mackerel rice bowls.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)
Meatless Vegetable Burgers on sale at select Freshness Burgers in Japan【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Jun 7, 2019
They really push the limits of what you would call a “burger”, but we try one anyway.
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • freshness burger • Narita Airport • New Chitose Airport • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo • tomato • vegetarian)
Japan’s beef bowl king, Yoshinoya, releases new line of canned, ready-to-eat beef bowls
- Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2019
Or maybe we should call them “beef cans?” Either way, these things will be literal life-savers.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • disaster • disaster preparedness • donburi • fast food • food • gyudon • rice bowls • Yoshinoya)
KFC will straight-up sell you a bag of fried chicken skin in Indonesia
- Casey Baseel
May 31, 2019
Not in the mood for skinless chicken? How about some chickenless skin instead?
Donald Trump ate this double cheeseburger in Japan, so we do too
- SoraNews24
May 28, 2019
We try the Tokyo cheeseburger deemed worthy of being served to a burger-loving president.
- Japan, USA
- (burgers • cheeseburgers • Donald Trump • fast food • food • hamburgers • presidential visit • restaurants • Shinzo Abe • Trump • U.S. president)
Over 20 percent of Burger Kings in Japan suddenly vanishing this month
- Master Blaster
May 20, 2019
Find out which locations survived the snap.
- Japan
- (Burger King • business • closure • fast food • Infinity Gauntlet • McDonald's)
Indian fast food cashier in Japan causes customer to reevaluate his life with simple suggestion
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2019
Man’s confidence is shaken in a bizarre way during beef bowl run.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • fast food • food • foreigners in Japan • funny • gyudon • Suki Pass • Sukiya • weird)
Giga Big Mac returns to McDonald’s Japan, along with Grand Big Mac and new Big Mac Jr【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Apr 19, 2019
What’s the difference between the regular Big Mac, the Big Mac Junior, the Grand Big Mac, and the Giga Big Mac?
- Japan
- (Big Mac • fast food • Giga Big Mac • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)
Shake Shack opens in Kyoto with exclusive matcha green tea treats
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2019
New menu items make use of Kyoto’s famous high-quality Uji matcha.
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • desserts • fast food • green tea • hamburgers • Kyoto • matcha • Shake Shack • sweets • Uji)
Let’s make some stylish shoes out of McDonald’s French fry boxes!
- Master Blaster
Feb 21, 2019
Ahiru Neko crafts footwear that is both a bold statement and eco-friendly.
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • DIY • fashion • fast food • french fries • fry boxes • McDonald's • shoes)
Osaka’s Okonomiyaki Burrito is both classic Taco Bell and completely different【Taste test】
- Master Blaster
Feb 15, 2019
A prodigal Taco Bell customer returns to the franchise and is surprised with what he finds.
- Japan
- (burritos • COK • cool • crazy • fast food • Namba • okonomiyaki • Okonomiyaki Burrito • Osaka • SNO • Taco Bell • taste test • weird)
We try Freshness Burger’s latest creation, the Blueberry Cheese Burger【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Feb 7, 2019
Is the sweet-and-sour flavor of blueberries compatible with the savory, meaty flavor of a burger?
- Japan
- (blueberries. unusual burgers • burgers • Burgers in Japan • fast food • freshness burger • hamburger)
We try the new teriyaki burgers from McDonald’s Japan 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2019
How do they stack up against the original Teriyaki McBurger?
- Japan
- (burgers • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • RNO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)
Shake Shack Japan unveils new sakura cherry blossom drinks for 2019
- Oona McGee
Jan 22, 2019
The Shack-ura Shake now comes in two different flavours for a limited time.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • drinks • fast food • limited edition • sakura • Shake Shack • Shakura)
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Pokémon card game’s expansion features art from Fist of the North Star creator
New Era celebrates three decades of Pokémon with new 30th anniversary cap line [Photos]
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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