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BURGER KING

A McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger. The fast-food chain has pulled the Quarter Pounder from about one-fifth of its U.S. restaurants.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2024
Fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald's E. coli outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said late on Wednesday that fresh onions were the likely source of the E. coli outbreak.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 23, 2016
Are bargain burgers quickening Japan's deflationary tailspin?
Fast-food lunches in Japan are starting to get cheaper as consumers look to trim their dining expenses, a worrying sign for the central bank as it tries to bring about inflation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 28, 2015
Burger King to press ahead with expansion despite increasing competition
Eight years after U.S.-based Burger King returned to the Japanese market, the world's second largest hamburger chain has opened 93 outlets in the country and aims to have 200 by the end of 2017.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2015
Burger King unveils red-colored burgers
Burger King Japan surprised the public when it released its black burger series in 2012. Now the fast-food chain has announced a similarly colorful promotion involving red sandwiches.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Mar 20, 2015
Is Burger King's 'Flame Grilled' fragrance a hoax in a bottle?
Burger King will launch its 'Flamed Grilled' fragrance that allows fast-food lovers to smell just like their beloved burgers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2014
Burger King 'black burgers' set to return darker than ever next week
Those who patronize their local Burger King next week might have black teeth by the time they leave.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2014
Burger King in buyout talks with Canada chain Tim Hortons
Burger King Worldwide Inc. is negotiating to buy Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. and relocate its base to the U.S. neighbor, where corporate tax rates are lower.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2014
China food scandal drags in other chains, spreads to McDonald's Japan
A toxic food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in U.S. coffee chain Starbucks, Burger King Worldwide Inc. and others, as well as products of McDonald's Corp. as far away as Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Sep 27, 2012
BK's Kuro Burger to ignite new trend?
Burger King's Kuro Burger paints itself black.Burger King's Premium Kuro Burger paints itself black.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 21, 2011
Burger franchises take a second go at success
Wendy's returns to Japan with a new approach, while Burger King prepares to take a bigger bite out of the fast-food market.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Nov 25, 2010
Ready, set, EAT all you can in 15 minutes
All-you-can-eat deals aren't too hard to fine in izakaya, but what about tabehodai for a mere u00a5375? How much can you eat in 15 minutes?
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Oct 26, 2009
A mouthful of tech marketing
All the big players in personal computing have landed in Japan to do battle, using conventional and unusual tactics. Who will come out on top?
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 24, 2009
Seven-burger army
In time for the Windows 7 launch, Burger King offers a 7-patty whopper for u00a5777. That's a mouthful ... if you eat them all at once.
Ukraine risks losing all Russian land it seized within months, U.S. says
Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffins of three comrades killed in recent fighting in eastern Ukraine during their funeral in the western city of Lviv on Dec. 20.
Japanese Princess Kako turns 30
As an adult member of the Imperial Family, Princess Kako has performed various official duties at home and abroad this year.
South Korea's worst plane crash in decades leaves 179 dead
Rescue personnel are seen near the tail section of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after the plane crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, on Sunday.
Jimmy Carter's surprising connection to Japan: his Christian faith
U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira share a laugh ahead of talks in Tokyo in June 1979.
From geisha to oshikatsu, toxic tropes fuel sex industry
An advertisement in Tokyo's Kabukicho, Japan's largest red-light district. The country is home to a thriving adult entertainment industry and has recently seen a boom in sex tourism fueled by the weak yen and availability of red-light services.
Japan news images of 2024: Upheaval, resilience and breakthroughs
A person walks down a street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the days following a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, which struck off the coast of the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024. More than 500 deaths have been attributed to the event, which was the worst quake since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
Japan defense spending goals hit by inflation, weak yen and political uncertainty
Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a military drill next to an anti-ship missile unit on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Japan’s weather in 2024: Record temperatures hurt people’s health and wallets
People cover themselves with umbrellas during a hot summer day in Tokyo's Ginza district in August. Temperatures shot up in early July, even before the official end of the rainy season, and the high temperatures persisted well into the fall.
How Hokkaido quietly became a culinary treasure trove in 2024
The central Hokkaido city of Asahikawa made headlines this year when one of its suburbs was named as the best place to live in Japan — a ranking earned in part due to the community's many outstanding restaurants and cafes.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Members of the Wajima City Morning Market Association pose for a group photograph on the site where the market once stood.
In the wake of disaster, the revival of Wajima's market brings hope
By Alex K.T. Martin

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