At KFC in Japan, the Chicken Is No Longer ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’

Their chicken might be finger lickin’ good, but now we don’t have to put up with any of the oily mess that comes with it! When it comes to fast food joints, nothing beats a burger for a quick-and-easy meal on the go. Not only is it fast, but it’s also easy to eat, with its wrapping conveniently keeping all the juicy […]

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Japan Takes Self-checkout to a Whole New Level

Convenience store chain Lawson and electronics maker Panasonic Corp. have started testing a staff-less register for which a machine settles the transactions and packs purchased items into a bag. The system, dubbed Reji Robo, short for register robots, debuted at an outlet of Lawson in Osaka Prefecture on Monday. Lawson plans to eventually introduce the

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Domino’s Pizza Tries (And Fails) Delivery-By-Reindeer

Santa doesn’t have to worry about job security anymore, at least in Japan. Domino’s Pizza sadly scrapped their plan to provide customers in Japan with a festive twist on their favorite fastfood dish: reindeer delivery. The company first announced the idea on Nov. 17, stating it was working with the Hokkaido Delivery Integrated Research Center’s team

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Tsunami hits Japan after strong quake near Fukushima disaster site

A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake, which was felt in Tokyo, sent thousands of residents fleeing for higher ground as

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