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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by wfriesen on Sunday February 10, 2019 @10:59PM (#19131958)
Also the semi-recent tradition of ordering a bucket of KFC for Christmas Day http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20161216-why-japan-celebrat...
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Re:Japanese women push back against Valentine's tradition of... by sneak on Sunday February 10, 2019 @11:38PM (#19132107)
It definitely seems like things that are presumed to be western traditions have a sort of cultural gravity to them in Japanese marketing; similar to French things in the USA.
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