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In this new bimonthly series, Patrick Parr looks at how famous brands got their start in Japan. Parr previously wrote the “Japan Yesterday” series chronicling past historic visits to Japan by world-famous people. As early as January 1967, there were rumblings in American newspapers that Kentucky Fried Chicken would soon…
This is the first story in a new bimonthly series by Patrick Parr on how famous brands got their start in Japan. Parr also wrote the “Japan Yesterday” series that detailed the visits to Japan of famous people. On Wednesday, Oct. 25, 1995, the Starbucks Coffee Company signed an agreement…
"Martin Luther King" was not his given name. What was it originally — and why did his father change it?
"Martin Luther King" was not his given name. What was it originally — and why did his father change it?
"Martin Luther King" was not his given name. What was it originally — and why did his father change it?