Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Sanrio Puroland, also known as Hello Kitty Land, is one of Japan’s most famous theme parks. Nestled in the bustling region of ...

Hello Kitty, the global marketing phenomenon that features a fictional Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow and no mouth, is about to take on a new role ... as a talking android. Sanrio Co., which ...

Museum ticket details for the Hello Kitty Exhibition in Fukuoka in Summer 2025 have appeared. People outside Japan can also buy the tickets.

And that's just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the one listed in her official biography. Confused? Welcome to the party. If there's one thing about Hello Kitty, it's that she's proven ...

Sanrio fans, you need to visit Puroland, a theme park dedicated to Sanrio characters, just 30 minutes from Tokyo.

A major expression of Japan's soft power ... and the development of cute goods. And that was the Hello Kitty world that Sanrio really developed and exploited." The author of Pink Globalization ...

“Just after 9/11, the world was changing,” he told CNN. “And I think that the Japanese ‘kawaii’ culture was an alternative ...

Sanrio theme park Harmonyland announced on March 17 that it has partnered with Oita Airport to rename the airport to “Oita ...

Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan plans to temporarily rebrand its airport as "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" in a bid to attract tourists travelling to Japan for the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka ...

Fifty years ago in March 2025, the Japanese company Sanrio introduced Hello Kitty to the world. Designed by Yuko Shimizu, the familiar anthropomorphised cat character has transcended cult status and ...