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McDonald’s Japan has a fukubukuro lucky bag that everyone wants to get their hands on

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2025
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There’s good reason why this is one of the most sought-after bags of 2025. Read More

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• (COK • fast food • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • SNJO)

McDonald’s Japan announces Evangelion burger line, releases crazy anime video for them【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2024

Dig in to the damn burgers, Shinji.

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• (anime • burgers • crazy • Evangelion • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • video • weird)

Evangelion and McDonald’s Japan launch first-ever collaboration with transforming figures【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2024

Get in the damn Golden Arches, Shinji!

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• (anime • Evangelion • fast food • figures • food • hamburgers • Happy Meal • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)

Chicken McNugget rice cooker rice — Can it beat KFC rice cooker rice?【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 8, 2024

With McNuggets on sale, we’re diving back into the rich world of crazy rice cooker cooking.

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• (chicken • Chicken McNuggets • COK • cooking • food • McDonald's • rice • rice cooker • rice cooker cooking • rice cooker recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

McDonald’s Japan’s Gurakoro burger faces a giant rival in Komeda’s Gurakuro

• Oona McGee
  Nov 29, 2024

Gurakoro vs Gurakuro proves the McDonald’s registered trademark can only go so far.
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• (COK • croquette • fast food • food • gratin • Gurakoro • Gurakuro • Komeda • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • SNJO • taste test)

Is the Grimace shake worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

We find out if this limited-edition beverage is as good as everyone says it is.

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• (burgers • COK • commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Grimace • Grimace Shake • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milkshake • review • shake • shakes • SNJO • taste test)

Mario Kart Happy Meal toys arrive at McDonald’s Japan, and SoraNews24 has the whole set!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2024

We pull off a rocket start and snag all 10 figures in the new Nintendo line.

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• (COK • food • Happy Meal • Happy Set • Mario Kart • McDonald's • nintendo • SNJO • Super Mario • toys • video games)

New Mario Kart Happy Meal toys are racing up to McDonald’s Japan【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2024

Like a three-race GP series, the Nintendo toys will be released in three rounds.

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• (food • Happy Meal • Happy Set • Mario Kart • McDonald's • nintendo • Super Mario • toys • video • video games)

McDonald’s Japan now sells pies in…Dalmatian dog boxes

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2024

Cookies and cream sankaku pie is served up in some scary cute packaging.

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• (animals • art • cute • Dalmatians • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan debuts new anime girl mascot character with incredibly long name

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2024

New Dabuchi burgers arrive with new mascot.

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• (anime • dabuchi • double cheeseburger • funny • hamburgers • Japanese language • linguistics • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan)

Grimace frightens schoolgirls, rides a Japanese train as the cult shake arrives at McDonald’s Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2024

Will the viral #grimaceshake trend catch on in Japan?

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• (burgers • commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Grimace • Grimace Shake • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milkshake • shake • shakes)

What 1,000 yen can get you at McDonald’s in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

Puppy pies are waiting to take you on a taste adventure.

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• (animals • art • COK • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • haruka takagi • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan has Precure anime magical girl Happy Meal toys, and they’re Wonderful!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 18, 2024

Cures Wonderful, Nyammy, and more characters from the hit series are headed to McDonald’s Japan in two batches of toys.

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• (anime • COK • cool • cute • food • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • PreCure • Pretty Cure • SNJO • Wonderful PreCure • Wonderful Pretty Cure)

New McDonald’s Shiba Inu pie packaging wows customers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2024

Puppy pies add a dash of cuteness to the menu this autumn.

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• (animals • art • cute • design • desserts • dogs • fast food • food • Kawaii • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pets • pies • Sankaku Choco Pies • Shiba Inu • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan brings out new sweet potato caramel chocolate pies for autumn

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2024

We might be about to fall in love with these fall sweets.

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• (caramel • chocolate • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • Sankaku Choco Pies • sweet potato • sweets)

New Hello Kitty x McDonald’s Japan collaboration is like a life lesson to live by 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2024

Sanrio character gets herself in a pickle for this advertising campaign.

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• (ads • burgers • COK • commercial • cute • Hello Kitty • Japanese ads • Japanese commercial • marketing • Masato Sakai • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Samurai Mac • Sanrio • videos)

Does McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing shake really taste like a Pucchin Purin pudding?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2024

Taste comparison leads us to a new discovery about Japan’s most popular brand of pudding.

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• (COK • dessert • fast food • food • Japanese pudding • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • moon viewing • new • news • Pucchin Purin • pudding • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tsukimi)

McDonald’s Japan’s new apple caramel black tea and Kyoho frappes are creatively cool autumn treats

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2024

New fall frappes on the way in time for when the leaves fall.

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• (Apple • caramel • drinks • fast food • food • frappes • grape • Kyoho • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets • tea)

New Hello Kitty McDonald’s Japan Happy Meal toys are here, and Kitty’s sister is part of the set

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 17, 2024

The Sanrio sisters get sporty in new Happy Meal team-up.

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• (COK • cute • Happy Meal • Happy Meals • Hello Kitty • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Sanrio • SNJO • toys)

Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Tsukimi Moon-Viewing Burger any better than a regular Egg Cheeseburger?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2024

Find out if the new release is nothing more than over-hyped marketing.

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• (burgers • cheeseburger • COK • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • moon-viewing burgers • new • news • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burger • tsukimi burgers)

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