AP Kitty’s popularity is emblematic of the global craze for cute things. In Japan the phenomenon, known as kawaii, dates back ...

A new stall selling Japanese street fashion, jewellery and character merchandise is coming to Norwich Market. It will be run as a collaboration between best friends Katherine Rose, 29, and Jessica ...

Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional ...

She has been a UNICEF ambassador, a special envoy for Japan’s Foreign Ministry and the subject of themed restaurants, cafes, ...

A new stall selling Japanese street fashion, jewellery and character merchandise ... who love Japanese and kawaii culture and run their own small businesses based on different aspects of it.

Hello Kitty is now 50. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-­headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional birthday has ...

“Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the worlds of commerce, fashion ... of “kawaii,” which is ...

Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character's fictional ...

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And that's just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the ... describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the worlds of commerce, fashion and entertainment. As a tabula rasa open to interpretation ...

Is she a cat or a little girl? This is the question that kawaii lovers around the world have been asking for half a century.