He could have said, "Yes, poultry is very popular during Christmas in the West." That's probably what a skilled politician would do: lie without lying. If press

He could have said, "Yes, poultry is very popular during Christmas in the West." That's probably what a skilled politician would do: lie without lying. If pressed further about KFC itself, he could have said, "KFC is one of many stores which sell poultry in the West, but here in Japan, KFC is the largest store selling Christmas poultry[1]." However, you'd probably have to know the questions in advance to practice your wording. Most politicians ask for the questions in advance as part of the agreement to appear. A chicken sales-person probably doesn't have that luxury. [1] There was no concept of "Christmas poultry" in Japan outside of his own invention, with decorated packaging etc., so technically he's either true, or the concept was too ambiguous to be objectively false.