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Japanese McNuggets now come with creamy corn sauce, we attempt a potage with it

• Master Blaster
  Apr 28, 2020
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A new creamy delight for your next box of “McNugg.”

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• Japan
• (corn potage • cream of corn soup • fast food • McDonald's • McNuggets • sauce)

McDonald’s Japan finally bans eat-in dining at over 1,900 locations in Tokyo, elsewhere in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 21, 2020

New policy goes into place ahead of Japan’s spring vacation period.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • fast food • food • McDonald's)

New Kyoto green tea dessert drinks join McDonald’s Japan menu with ichigo and shiratama assists

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2020

Matcha McCafé menu tempts us to skip the burgers and double-down on desserts.

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• Japan
• (Asahi Soft Drinks • cafes • drinks • fast food • green tea • matcha • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • shiratama • sweets • Uji)

Samurai Mac burgers arrive at McDonald’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 3, 2020

Which warrior faction do you belong to?

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • burgers • cheap eats • fast food • food and drink • limited edition • McDonald's • samurai)

Man orders nothing but a free smile from McDonald’s Japan using Uber Eats

• Master Blaster
  Mar 28, 2020

Delivery charges applied, of course.

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• Japan
• (cool • customer service • fast food • food delivery • free smile • funny • McDonald's • twitter • Uber Eats • weird)

We order all four burgers from McDonald’s Japan’s Big Mac line and compare their…sizes

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 7, 2020

The Big Mac Jr., the classic Big Mac, the Grand Big Mac and the Giga Big Mac are like a happy Big Mac family made of meat and buns.

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • Big Mac Jr. • cheap eats • cute • family • funny • Giga Big Mac • Grand Big Mac • McDonald's • mini • Seiji Nakazawa • size • SNOJ • supersize)

McDonald’s worker tests positive for coronavirus in Japan, branch closes for sanitation

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2020

Infected staff member served food to customers at the register without wearing a mask.

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• Japan
• (burgers • coronavirus • COVID-19 • fast food • food • hamburgers • Kyoto • McDonald's • novel coronavirus)

There’s something strange about the lover’s lips in these ads for McDonad’s Thailand

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 1, 2020

“Dear, you’ve got a little something on your face….”

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• SE Asia
• (advertisement • burgers • funny • McDonald's • McDonald's Thailand • Thailand)

KitKat Mcflurry comes to McDonald’s Japan with commercial starring Japanese idol

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2020

After a seven-year hiatus, the popular chocolate brand is teaming up with the fast food giant for a limited time. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • desserts • fast food • food • Kit Kat • KitKat • McDonald's • McFlurry • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets)

Tokyo Burger King removes snarky message to out-of-business McDonald’s branch, posts new sign

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2020

Less salt present in sweeter message to defeated Akihabara rival.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's • moving • touching)

Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2020

Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's)

McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever rice burgers are here, and we try them before they go on sale

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2020

We weren’t sure if a bacon cheese rice burger was a good idea, and now we know if our fears were justified.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • SNJO • taste test)

McDonald’s releases new rice burgers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2020

Three of the fast food chain’s popular burgers get a rice overhaul for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • rice burger)

Japanese-style curry rice coming to McDonald’s Japan? Mysterious tweet has fans’ fingers crossed

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 27, 2020

Please let this be the meaning behind McDonald’s rice cravings.

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• Japan
• (curry • curry rice • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice)

McDonald’s Japan’s cute Sanrio toy has a dis-ass-terous misprint

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 19, 2020

A dog doesn’t need two of those! No matter how cute they are!

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• Japan
• (butt • butt holes • Happy Meal • McDonald's • misprint • pom pom purin • trypophobia)

We taste the Adult Cream Pie from McDonald’s Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jan 16, 2020

This dessert has been a long time coming.

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• Japan
• (commercials • desserts • fast food • Japanese • lost in translation • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • review • sweets • taste test)

Adult Cream Pie coming to McDonald’s Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jan 12, 2020

People are wondering if any English speakers were consulted before they chose the name for the salacious new dessert.

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• Japan
• (commercials • desserts • fast food • Japanese • lost in translation • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • sweets)

Japanese man beats fast food worker because one chicken nugget was missing from his combo meal

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2020

Beef over five-piece chicken nugget combo leads to combo-strike violence.

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• Japan
• (chicken nuggets • COK • crazy • crime • fast food • food • McDonald's • weird)

This beautiful, heartwarming winter anime is also a McDonald’s Japan commercial【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2019

Three young women fight off the winter cold with the warmth of friendship and delicious Gurakoro (yes, that’s something McDonald’s sells in Japan).

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• Japan
• (ads • anime • awesome • cool • fast food • food • McDonald's • video)

Japanese Filet-O-Fish to get first upgrade in 25 years

• Master Blaster
  Oct 30, 2019

We have the technology. We can make it better, crispier, fresher.

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• Japan
• (business • fast food • Filet-O-Fish • food • McDonald's • restaurants)

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