As a child, Ms Fujita ate strawberry shortcake "every year" on Christmas — a tradition kept alive in Queensland where she sometimes brings Japanese-style cake for her Australian family's gathering.

Around Christmas in Japan, it's no longer just a holiday of lights and the shopping season, but also a kind of Valentine's Day romantic tradition. Although in the West, households on Christmas Eve ...

foreign-to-us cultural customs and traditions. Here is how a few countries and communities celebrate Christmas across the globe. For example, many people in Japan like to feast on fried chicken ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...

It's a fun exploration of some unusual Christmas traditions around the world, including Mexico, Japan and Finland. It celebrates Christmas as a special time for Christians and non-Christians alike.

It's customary for Japanese families to serve up Kentucky Fried Chicken to mark Christmas Day - a tradition that's been obvserved for around 50 years. But why do the Japanese do this? Why are the ...

Here’s a snapshot of some of the interesting Christmas foods across the world. The land of the rising sun is also the land of quirky, quirky food traditions. In Japan, less than 1% of the ...