“Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the worlds of commerce, fashion and entertainment. As a tabula rasa open to ...

One of the elders of kawaii in Little Tokyo, Monkey Pants has been slinging cute collectibles, plushies and children’s clothing since 2012. Every year, owner Mychaela Hardy heads to Japan, ...

The kawaii cash flow. Yousuke Ozawa, creative director at UltraSuperNew Tokyo, points out: "It took 50 years for Hello Kitty to become not just rule as an international success but also a global ...

I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective - 2012 Comedy . 57%. Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban ...

More than 50 percent of women in Tokyo have fallen victim to “chikan” groping while riding on or waiting for trains, usually without any consequences for the perpetrator, a survey shows.

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Inside the DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in the Odaiba district is a bizarre interactive museum, where visitors can take photos with kawaii unko, or cute poop. Don’t worry, there is no actual excrement ...

Tourists from Britain pose with Hello Kitty decoration at the Tokyo National Museum where the exhibition “As I change, so does she” is held, marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty in ...

Day 3. Today's jaunt is to see some of traditional Tokyo with a visit to Sensoji shrine. Skip breakfast and head straight there where you can work your way down an avenue of Japan's best street ...

Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land, is located in Tama New Town in north Tokyo. In a statement published on the park’s official website, operators said they received “a terrorist ...

TOKYO--Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character's fictional birthday has brought museum exhibits, a theme park spectacle and a ...