The summer special burgers at Wendy's are two "Asian Taste Pretzel Burgers": the Pretzel Spicy Korean BBQ Beef Burger (with a special pepper sauce) and the Pretzel Cilantro Avocado Burger (with coriander and sweet chili sauce). Wendy's is down to one location and two collaboration stores (with First Kitchen) all in central Tokyo. They have had some interesting ideas in recent years, so if you want to support this chain, now might be the time. ウェンディーズ 辛カルビバーガー パクチーアボカドバーガー
http://wendys.co.jp/
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KitKat has introduced a green tea with bitter chocolate variety exclusively in Kyushu and Okinawa. It carries the popular Kumamon character, which is only allowed when the product contains Kumamoto Prefecture sourced ingredients. In this case the green tea is from Kumamoto. This character and Kumamoto in general have been in the hearts and minds of Japanese since the devistating earthquake in April. Buying Kumamon branded products has become one way to support the people and economy of Kumamoto. Kumamon site here. くまモン キットカット くまもと茶
http://nestle.jp
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"An old man has started to live on my face" complains a young beautiful model. Another caption reads "No! to old man skin!" Clearly, a scary prospect for young women.
One of Morinaga's major functional yogurt is Aloe Yogurt which is a long time popular brand, claiming data associating this yogurt with blood cholesterol levels and weight loss.
Now new research has identified the 5 active aloe sterols here, and a new patent covers the activity of these sterols on stimulating fibroblasts in the skin to produce more collagen - thus the connection with younger skin and beauty. The product name Aloeste アロエステ combines Aloe with Esthetic アロエ and エステティック.
森永 ヨーグルト アロエステ
http://aloesthe.jp/
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One of Glico's milk brands sources high quality Saga Prefecture milk through JA (also called Zen-Noh or The National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations). By the way, there is no longer a separate Glico Dairy website, Glico food products (chocolates, dairy, snacks, etc.) are now listed together even though they are made by separate subsidiaries.
グリコ JA牛乳
https://www.glico.com/jp/
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Although this item has a 20 year history, it was renewed this year to improve the crunch and texture by using a mixture of both larger and more finely ground macadamia nut chunks to go with the rich butterscotch ice cream. バタースカッチアイスクリームとマカデミアナッツ ハーゲンダッツ
http://www.haagen-dazs.co.jp
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Meiji starts promoting its sponsorship (gold partner, dairy and confectionary) of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 via a splash page on its website. 明治 東京オリンピック
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First Kitchen is continuing a series of bacon egg burger specials that dates back to 1977. The current incarnation is a cheese fondue with pumpkin, egg plant on bran buns. The Danish brand is in commercials, indicating ingredients from Denmark (presumably, the cheese). ファーストキッチン チーズフォンデュ風ベーコンエッグバーガー
http://www.first-kitchen.co.jp/
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Lotteria is offering a limited series using thick cheese-filled (cheddar, Camembert, Gouda, cream cheese mixture) burger patties. The varieties include various toppings: demi-glace sauce (made with simmered red wine, apple and bouillon), demi-glace sauce plus an egg sunny side up, and tomato plus meet sauce. ロッテリア チーズイン厚肉
https://www.lotteria.jp
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McDonald's is has introduced new twists on its annual teritama burger special. Teritama (short for teriyaki and tamago or egg) burgers have been a seasonal special since 1996. In most years, it is enough of a draw in and of itself. However, this year McDonald's seems to be putting a bit extra into every offering and the number of special offerings seem to be multiplying. Most likely an effort to generate excitement and draw attention away from disappointing earnings and profit numbers from the past year which have made headlines.
In any case, this year there is a Camembert cheese version, a chicken version and if you pay a little extra, you get ume or plum flavored fries and a cherry flavored drink, both of which are designed to go well with the flower blossom viewing season. マクドナルド てりたま
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/
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MegMilk Snow Brand has introduced a new line of resealable, screw top latte series. There is a coffee latte and a royal milk tea latte. The branding is a bit confusing. NAGALATTE appears to refer to the concept in general - a superior latte that can be slowly consumed while relaxing or reading a good book. BOTTLATTE appears to refer specifically to the screw top bottle version. But since there are no other versions, they are essentially one and the same. Nevertheless, I have already seen them on store shelves and it appears to be competing directly with Meiji's White Moment screw top latte series. The coffee is sourced from Columbia and the tea is sourced from the Assam region of India. 雪印メグミルク ながラッテ ボトラッテ
http://www.bottlatte-nagalatte.jp/
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