[Dismas]

Just kidding, he's been dead for almost 40 years. However, there's a pretty decent cosplayer that's been brought in to celebrate the Colonel's 127th birthday in Japan. The article below is pretty interesting and gives some history on the food-chain, while comparing Japanese and American business practices.

KFC Japan was formed as a joint venture between the American company and the Mitsubishi Corporation, who purchased the franchise rights. After a test store was opened at the Osaka World Expo in 1970, the first store opened in Nagoya. Originally sales were slow, and the business lost $400,000 ($2.5 million in today’s money), causing the American partner to get cold feet, but the Japanese backers were calm, promising to take as long as it took for the idea of fried chicken to catch on with Japanese consumers.

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