McDonald's in Japan
Proving once again that marketing outside of the U.S varies wildly from the marketing inside the U.S, McDonald's Japan has replaced the iconic Ronald McDonald with a sultry woman instead. With shoulder-length straight red hair, a low cut dress, and in some cases even a bikini, Japan's version of Ronald McDonald is not supposed to be called the female Ronald - one look however and you're left deciding for yourself.

Personally, I think it's very strange to see a woman dressed up in Ronald's outfit (however modified it has been). I find nothing about McDonald's sexy and in fact, it makes me a little ill looking at these pictures and just thinking of hot woman and McDonald's in the same context.

The article gives some more direct insight however this ridiclous quote at the bottom is just mind numbing: "According to the Times, when faced with accusations that hamburgers were inimical to the country's diet, Den Fujita, the first McDonald's Japan president, declared: "The reason Japanese people are so short and have yellow skins is because they have eaten nothing but fish and rice for 2,000 years. If we eat McDonald's hamburgers and potatoes for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white and our hair blond."

This news is actually over a year old but for some reasons everyone (including myself) is just catching on to it right now... Looks like the commercials are no longer on the air either.

Also, Ronald is actually called "Donald" McDonald in Japan :)

Ronald gets a makeover

No clowning: Ronald becomes a McHottie!

Ronald McDonaldress: The Female Ronald

Low Culture calls this a "happy steal" from The Fifth Element

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