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Celebrate 50 years of McDonald’s Japan by walking through history, from 1971 to today【Video】
McDonald’s Japan takes a look back on the last half-century while saying thank you to customers.
- Japan
- (50th anniversary • anniversary • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • history • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video)
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)
McDonald’s Japan updates children’s Happy Meals to be more inspiring and nutritionally sound
- Katy Kelly
Jan 7, 2021
January 8 heralds a new era of health-conscious menu options and educational freebies.
- Japan
- (children • fast food • Happy Meal • Happy Set • health • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • nutrition)
How to make McDonald’s Katsu Curry Chicken McNuggets
- Oona McGee
Dec 28, 2020
This recipe for panko-covered nuggs is a game-changer.
- Japan
- (chicken nuggets • COK • cooking • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McNuggets • nuggets • recipe • SNJO)
McDonald’s fries in Japan suddenly start tasting like cosmetics
- Oona McGee
Dec 10, 2020
Customers complain about a strange flavour and aroma in their medium-sized French fries.
- Japan
- (chips • controversy • customer complaints • food • food sanitation • french fries • fries • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news)
McDonalds Japan and Godiva Chocolate’s collab coffee frappe is dismayingly delicious【Taste test】
- Katy Kelly
Dec 4, 2020
We take a big sip of the Godiva Chocolate Espresso Frappe and are left with conflicting emotions despite its amazing taste.
- Japan
- (chocolate • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • frappe • Godiva • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • SNOJ • sweets • tasty)
Kill Bill actor stars in a very 2020 commercial for McDonald’s Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 26, 2020
Zoom meetings, home haircuts…and a new beef stew croquette burger oozing with cream.
- Japan
- (chocolate • drinks • fast food • Issey Takahashi • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan teams up with Godiva for the first time to create delicious new dessert drink
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2020
McCafe by Barista and Belgian chocolatier deliver no fewer than four kinds of chocolate in a single sip.
- Japan
- (chocolate • drinks • fast food • Godiva • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan’s limited-edition pie pick-me-up: the Love Triangle Choco Pie【Taste Test】
- Katy Kelly
Nov 14, 2020
McDonald’s Japan unveils this winter’s interestingly named limited-edition triangle pie.
- Japan
- (chocolate • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Sankaku no Choco Pie • tasty • tiramisu • Triangle Pie • winter)
McDonald’s Japan now has a double cheeseburger with rice buns, and people are raving about it
- Oona McGee
Nov 4, 2020
We try the limited-edition Gohan Dabuchi that’s got everyone talking.
- Japan
- (burgers • cheeseburger • COK • dabuchi • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • rice burger • SNJO • taste test)
Taste-testing 3 fast food chains’ autumn chocolate pies in Japan to find the ultimate pie
- Shannon
Oct 29, 2020
McDonald’s, Lotteria, and KFC – who will win?
- Japan
- (chocolate • chocolate pie • delicious • KFC • KFC Japan • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • seasonal menu • Snack)
McDonald’s and KFC Japan release new Tsukimi “moon-viewing” burgers for 2020
- Oona McGee
Sep 2, 2020
Gazing at the moon this year through burgers, pies and even a never-before-seen McFlurry.
- Japan
- (bunny • Burger • burgers • fast food • food • full moon • KFC • KFC Japan • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • otsukimi • tsukimi)
Take your taste buds on a trip to Hawaii with the new McDonald’s Japan menu
- Katie Pask
Aug 9, 2020
The Hawaiian menu returns once more, this time with a surprisingly delicious new item.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Burger • caramel • fast food • food • hawaii • macadamia • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mcdonalds burger • pancake • SNJO)
The most satisfying McDonald’s burger, according to Japanese customers
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2020
Surprisingly, the Big Mac and the Teriyaki McBurger aren’t at the top of the list.
- Japan
- (Big Mac • burgers • fast food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • survey)
Which of McDonald’s new “Beef Burgers of the World” is the best? We find out【Taste Test】
- Dale Roll
Jul 3, 2020
There’s no international cuisine quite like the different McDonald’s burgers of the world!
- Japan
- (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)
McDonald’s Japan releases Spicy Chicken McNuggets so spicy they’ll knock you out? 【Taste Test】
- Shannon
Jun 24, 2020
We put this McDonald’s claim to the test using the power of spicy sauces.
- Japan
- (jalapeno cheese sauce • limited time • mapo tofu sauce • McDonald's Japan • McNuggets • Spicy Chicken McNuggets • spicy food • summer)
McDonald’s Japan’s Hokkaido Melon dessert drinks – the latest sign of life getting back to normal
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2020
The signature fruit of Japan’s northern island is ready to delight sweets fans across the country.
- Japan
- (COK • Hokkaido • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • melon • sweets)
McDonald’s Japan starts new campaign featuring burgers from their overseas restaurants
- Dale Roll
Jun 19, 2020
Can’t travel to taste McDonald’s in other countries? Don’t worry, their menus will come to you!
- Japan
- (beef • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)
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