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McDonald's signboard and logo

McDonald's signboard and logo

McDonald's signboard and logo=April 28,2026,Japan

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McDonald's sign and logo

McDonald's sign and logo

McDonald's sign and logo=August 27,2025,Japan

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

A child heads to an elementary school escorted by a guardian in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Dec. 16, 2024, with a man believed responsible for stabbing two junior high school students in a local McDonald's restaurant two days earlier remaining at large. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died. ==Kyodo

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man earlier in the day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man earlier in the day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant (back) in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Stabbing attack in fast-food restaurant

Photo taken in the small hours of Dec. 15, 2024, shows a McDonald's restaurant in Kitakyushu in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, where two junior high school students were stabbed by a man the previous day. One of the two, a 15-year-old girl, died while the man remained at large following the incident.

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System glitch at McDonald's stores across Japan

System glitch at McDonald's stores across Japan

An employee at a McDonald's store in Tokyo bows in apology on March 15, 2024, after the store was unable to take in-person and mobile orders due to a system glitch that hit stores across Japan.

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System glitch at McDonald's stores across Japan

System glitch at McDonald's stores across Japan

An employee at a McDonald's store in Tokyo bows in apology on March 15, 2024, after the store was unable to take in-person and mobile orders due to a system glitch that hit stores across Japan.

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McCafe debuts in Japan

McCafe debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shop staff wait on customers at McDonald's ''McCafe'' in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 29 as McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. opened seven McCafe shops in Tokyo and eight in neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures, as well as Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan. The opening of McCafe shops is an effort by McDonald's to diversify its business and cultivate new customers.

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McDonald's Japan apologizes for new food-safety scandal

McDonald's Japan apologizes for new food-safety scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takehiko Aoki (2nd from L), senior vice president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), and other officials bow at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2015, to apologize for the contamination of some food items at its restaurants.

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McDonald's Japan to sell items featuring 'Yokai Watch' game

McDonald's Japan to sell items featuring 'Yokai Watch' game

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Japan announces on Oct. 29, 2014, the release of a calendar and other items featuring "Yokai Watch," a popular role-playing video game, for sale from Nov. 7.

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McDonald's opens look-alike of 'Yokai Watch' burger shop

McDonald's opens look-alike of 'Yokai Watch' burger shop

TOKYO, Japan - A girl eats a hamburger at a McDonald's restaurant made to look like a hamburger shop in the popular "Yokai Watch" video game in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014.

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McDonald's Japan expects loss on expired meat scandal

McDonald's Japan expects loss on expired meat scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), tells a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014, that the company expects to post a group net loss of 17 billion yen for 2014 due to an expired chicken meat scandal earlier in the year.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), is pictured during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), is pictured during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

McDonald's Japan chief Casanova

TOKYO, Japan - Sarah Casanova, president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), is pictured during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on July 29, 2014. Casanova apologized for a recent scandal over chicken meat provided by a Chinese producer and promised to ensure the safety of food on McDonald's menu.

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McDonald's Japan halts sales of chicken products made in China

McDonald's Japan halts sales of chicken products made in China

TOKYO, Japan - A photo of a chicken product is covered with a "not available" sticker at a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 25, 2014. McDonald's Co. (Japan) stopped selling all chicken meat products from China the same day following revelations that a Chinese food company had supplied outdated chicken meat to the fast-food chain.

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McDonald's Japan halts sales of chicken products made in China

McDonald's Japan halts sales of chicken products made in China

TOKYO, Japan - A notice at the entrance of a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 25, 2014, states that the company has stopped selling all chicken meat products from China. McDonald's Co. (Japan) took the step following revelations that a Chinese food company had supplied outdated chicken meat to the fast-food chain.

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McDonald's Japan begins offering World Cup hamburger

McDonald's Japan begins offering World Cup hamburger

TOKYO, Japan - FIFA World Cup official sponsor McDonald's Japan begins serving a special hamburger at its shops in Shibuya, Tokyo, on June 12, 2014, on the occasion of the soccer extravaganza under way in Brazil.

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Japan's consumption tax hike

Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - A worker at a McDonald's outlet in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward hands change in 1 yen coins to a customer on April 1, 2014, after Japan's consumption tax rate was raised to 8 percent.

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Japan's consumption tax hike

Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Menus are switched at a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 1, 2014, after Japan's consumption tax rate was raised to 8 percent.

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Japan's consumption tax hike

Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Menus are switched at a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in the early hours of April 1, 2014, after Japan's consumption tax rate was raised to 8 percent.

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Harada to become Benesse president

Harada to become Benesse president

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2014, after Benesse Holdings Inc., a provider of educational materials and services, decided to appoint Harada its new president and chairman in June.

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McDonald's new 'Hot & Groovy' sandwiches

McDonald's new 'Hot & Groovy' sandwiches

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Company (Japan) Ltd. shows the beef (left) and chicken versions of its new "Hot & Groovy" sandwiches in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2014, five days before their sales begin. The two new products, made in the image of the United States in the 1970s, are the second round of the company's "American Vintage" series that began in January 2014.

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McDonald's president

McDonald's president

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova, wearing the hamburger chain's uniform, is pictured during an interview in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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McDonald's president

McDonald's president

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) President Sarah Casanova, wearing the hamburger chain's uniform, points to an updated menu at one of its restaurant in the Harajuku area of Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013.

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McDonald's Japan president steps down

McDonald's Japan president steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2013, about his stepping down as president of the operating company McDonald's Co. (Japan). Harada will remain as chairman of the operating company as well as chairman and president of the holding company.

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McDonald's Japan president steps down

McDonald's Japan president steps down

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (L), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and Sarah Casanova, new president of the company, shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2013. Harada has stepped down as president of the company, the operating company of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan). He will remain as chairman of the operating company as well as chairman and president of its holding company.

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McDonald's home delivery

McDonald's home delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Wrestler Saori Yoshida (C), who has won an unprecedented 13 straight world and Olympic titles combined, takes part in an event in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012, as the McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. announced a plan to extend its home delivery service to 250 outlets by the end of 2013, compared with 17 at the end of October 2012.

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McDonald's Japan's Harada

McDonald's Japan's Harada

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, president of McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), introduces the company's new products at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011.

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McDonald's keeps sponsoring sumo

McDonald's keeps sponsoring sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Sumo Association staffers parade banners of McDonald's Japan before a bout involving grand champion Hakuho (in the ring) on the second day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 12, 2010. The fast food restaurant chain operator remains a key sumo sponsor despite a series of gambling scandals that have hit the traditional Japanese sport.

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11 children leave for S. Africa to escort Japanese players

11 children leave for S. Africa to escort Japanese players

NARITA, Japan - Eleven children pose for photos at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on June 16, 2010, before leaving for South Africa on the McDonald's Players Escort Program for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The children will walk into Durban Stadium in Durban, South Africa, holding the hands of Japanese players before a World Cup Group E match against the Netherlands on June 19.

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Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Customers eat at a refurbished McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 25, 2010. The restaurant was one of the 12 shops that the Japanese operator of the U.S. hamburger chain opened in the Japanese capital the same day offering upgraded designs and furniture to lure new customers.

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Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

Posh McDonald's opens in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada (C), chairman of McDonald's Co. (Japan), and pop idol Miki Fujimoto (R), present a customer with food and a memento at a refurbished restaurant of the U.S. hamburger chain in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 25, 2010. The company opened a total of 12 restaurants in the capital the same day offering upgraded designs and furniture to lure new customers.

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Supersize me?

Supersize me?

TOKYO, Japan - Yamamotoyama, the heaviest Japanese sumo wrestler, who weighs 258 kilograms, shows off a seat specially created by McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. for sumo wrestlers in its Asakusabashi restaurant on Sept. 6, 2009. Yamamotoyama enjoyed eating a hamburger while sitting in the seat, saying, ''This is helpful.'' The 25-year-old wrester said he prefers McDonald's to the traditional vegetable and meat ''chanko'' soup for sumo wrestlers.

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McDonald's Japan's FY 2008 sales rise 3 percent to record high

McDonald's Japan's FY 2008 sales rise 3 percent to record high

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chief executive officer of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the year ended in December during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4.

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McDonald's Japan to give store managers overtime pay

McDonald's Japan to give store managers overtime pay

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and president of McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan), speaks during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 20. He said the company will introduce a new system on Aug. 1 to provide overtime pay to store managers and area market developers who have not been receiving it. The new system comes after the Tokyo District Court in January ruled that it was unreasonable for the fast food restaurant chain to treat store managers without special authority as administrators who receive no overtime pay.

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Court orders McDonald's to pay overtime to manager

Court orders McDonald's to pay overtime to manager

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Takano (R), manager of a McDonald's outlet in the city of Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecutre, and his wife Kuniko attend a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28 after the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay some 7.5 million yen in overtime and compensation to him. The court acknowledged his claim that while McDonald's had appointed him to a managerial post, he was not given any authority as a manager and therefore should have been paid for overtime.

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October.

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McDonald's to sell pita bread burger in Japan

McDonald's to sell pita bread burger in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Co. (Japan) Chairman and President Eikoh Harada holds one of the company's two health-conscious pita bread burgers at a press conference in Tokyo on July 20.

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McDonald's Japan founder Fujita dies

McDonald's Japan founder Fujita dies

TOKYO, Japan - Den Fujita (file photo), the founder and former president of McDonald's Co. (Japan), died April 21 of heart failure, company officials said April 26. He was 78. Fujita established the Japanese unit of the giant U.S. fast-food chain in 1971.

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McDonald's to tap Apple Japan's Harada for CEO

McDonald's to tap Apple Japan's Harada for CEO

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) is set to name Apple Japan Inc. President Eiko Harada (file photo) chief executive officer, hoping his experience at the computer firm will bolster business at the giant fast-food chain, sources said Feb. 6.

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McDonald's Japan unveils new business plan

McDonald's Japan unveils new business plan

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Holding Co. (Japan) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pat Donahue announces a new business plan at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7.

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