McDonald’s Japan at 50: The Highs and Lows of its First Half-Century

McDonald’s Japan CEO Fujita Den holds a giant stock certificate at a ceremony to mark the chain’s listing on the JASDAQ exchange on July 26, 2001, Tokyo. (© Jiji)

CEO of McDonald’s Japan Sarah Casanova in February 2021 with her successor from March 2021, Hiiro Tamotsu in the company’s Tokyo headquarters. (Courtesy McDonald’s Japan; © Jiji)

A line forms outside a Tokyo McDonalds. (Photo by the author)