McDonald's restaurants hit by technical outages

The New York Times said that McDonald's Hong Kong was also experiencing a "computer system failure", stating that the mobile ordering and self-ordering kiosks were not functioning.

Many McDonald's shops in Japan stopped taking in-person and mobile customer orders because of a system disruption, the spokesperson at McDonald's Holdings Company Japan said, adding that the company was working to restore operations soon.

The chain has almost 3000 shops across Japan, it says on its website.

McDonald's Corp did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.