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Face-to-cheesy-face with the Marugoto Camembert Burger from Dom Dom
- Master Blaster
Jul 26, 2018 - Tweet
It’s an Atkins dream come true in the form of two all-beef patties inside a pair of camembert cheese slabs.
- Japan
- (burgers • camembert • cheeseburgers • DomDom • fast food • restaurants)
McDonald’s officially reprimanded by Japanese government for misleading “roast beef” ads
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2018
The meat in the 4.9-million Tokyo Roast Beef Burgers and Muffins McDonald’s sold wasn’t quite what people were expecting from their commercials.
- Japan
- (ads • crime • fast food • food • McDonald's • roast beef • scandal • Tokyo Roast Beef)
KFC Japan offering all-you-can eat fried chicken every Friday for the rest of summer!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2018
Our Kentucky-fried prayers are answered, and kids under six can even eat for free!
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • awesome • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC)
Pokémon Happy Meals from McDonlad’s Japan are the happiest meals of all【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2018
Awesome Pikachu and Eevee box and goodies like a Poké Ball water pistol and Pikachu key ring have fans, adults and kids alike, craving the Golden Arches.
- Japan
- (fast food • food • Happy Meals • McDonald's • Pikachu • Pokemon • toys • video)
McDonald’s Japan offering Calpis shakes this summer with new-and-improved recipe
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2018
Yogurt-like beverages combine McDonald’s shake know-how with one of Japan’s favorite summertime flavors.
- Japan
- (Calpico • Calpis • drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan’s new spicy McNuggets promise to punch you in the face with spiciness
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2018
”Extra-extra spicy” and “extra-extra kind” dipping sauces also unveiled.
The Gudetama McFlurry is here — and the mystery flavor is as sweet as expected!【Taste test】
- Kay
Jun 13, 2018
Gudetama the lazy egg is now a McFlurry dessert, and we tried the limited-edition item to see just how sweet he can be!
Yoshinoya celebrates 2,000th store opening by offering local baseball-club-themed foods
- Koh Ruide
May 26, 2018
Beef bowl fast food chain also ditches trademark colors to don those of popular baseball teams.
- Japan
- (baseball • fast food • fast food chain • Hanshin Tigers • Mr. Sato • SNJO • Yoshinoya)
McDonald’s Japan to offer free iced coffee — for five days only!
- Kay
May 18, 2018
As a limited-time promotional campaign, McDonald’s Japan will be treating customers to free servings of their new revamped iced coffee!
- Japan
- (drinks • fast food • iced coffee • McDonald's Japan)
The power of fast food: Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un wants McDonald’s to invest in North Korea
- Koh Ruide
May 7, 2018
You know peace has arrived when the Supreme Leader now hungers for burgers instead of the nuclear launch button.
- Korea, North Korea
- (America • Burger • fast food • Kim Jong-un • McDonald's • North Korea)
Will wearing 10 McDonald’s Japan coupon T-shirts at once let you earn money for eating Big Macs?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2018
In our latest attempt to get rich and eat fast food, we test the limits of the Uniqlo/McDonald’s discount campaign.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • fashion • fast food • food • funny • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNOJ • t-shirts • Uniqlo • video)
McDonald’s reminds Japan’s young adults that length isn’t everything, and being soft is OK too
- Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2018
Message of encouragement to young adults provides adult inspiration and immature giggles.
- Japan
- (fast food • french fries • funny • McDonald's • moving • society • touching • working in Japan)
McDonald’s Japan combines beloved beverages of adults and kids with new coffee milkshakes
- Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2018
Maker of Japan’s eternally popular Pocky chocolate snack sticks lends a hand.
- Japan
- (coffee • drinks • fast food • food • Glico • McDonald's • milkshakes • sweets)
All-you-can-eat KFC returns to 247 locations across Japan this April!
- Master Blaster
Mar 6, 2018
But it can only be taken advantage of by reservation, so book your pleather seat today!
New fries from McDonald’s Japan come with bolognese sauce and cheese
- Kay
Feb 26, 2018
Love the good ol’ fries from McDonald’s? For a limited time, McDonald’s Japan is offering something a little extra to give them even more flavor!
- Japan
- (Bolognese sauce • COK • fast food • french fries • McDonald's Japan)
McDonald’s Japan profits soar out of 2017 and well beyond their best year ever
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2018
Japan’s version of the fast food giant has surpassed an already optimistic forecast and landed in a Big Mac truck load of cash.
- Japan
- (business • fast food • food • McDonald's)
Gyoza No Osho aids snow-stranded drivers with 500 orders of free fried rice and noodles
- Master Blaster
Feb 8, 2018
A touching gesture that is both heartwarming and potentially heartburning.
Our foodie Meg takes on Subway Japan’s ridiculously big, surprisingly cheap Giant Sub sandwich
- Casey Baseel
Feb 3, 2018
Beautifully braided, humorously huge, and astoundingly affordable.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • fast food • food • funny • Meg • sandwiches • SNOJ • Subway • Subway sandwiches)
Japan’s French fry sundaes are here, but which one should you try? We find out【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 13, 2018
”What’s the best flavor for a French fry sundae?” is a question we never had to answer…until now!
- Japan
- (azuki • COK • crazy • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • ice cream • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)
Japan now has French fry ice cream sundaes thanks to fast food chain First Kitchen
- Casey Baseel
Jan 11, 2018
Oft-forgotten burger joint now has our full attention with its decadent Western and Japanese-style combinations of fried food and ice cream.
- Japan
- (azuki • crazy • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • ice cream • sweets)
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