Sanrio, the Japanese company that defined cute, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Its star, Hello Kitty, and more than 400 other cartoon characters continue to be popular with adults and ...

Japan is heaven on earth for fans of cute gadgets. In the case of mega-popular cartoon cat Hello Kitty, the country offers Kitty-branded notebooks, USB flash drives, a ventilator and even a photo ...

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 national tour.

The soft, sparse outline of Hello Kitty was first sketched by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. Having just graduated from Tokyo’s Musashino Art University, the young designer was working for Japanese toy giant ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - The flamboyant designer of Japanese cartoon and global mega-brand Hello Kitty defended the cute cat against new rivals on Thursday as the character prepares to celebrate her 40th ...

Don't tell Charlize Theron, who famously slammed grown-ups who wear Hello Kitty, but everyone's favorite über-cute cartoon will appear on a line of underwear from Hanky Panky this spring! According to ...

Sanrio, the company behind the dream of millions of teenage girls around the world, cartoon cat Hello Kitty, is to celebrate the cat’s 35th birthday on November 1st. Reason enough to team up with ...

A 12-foot-tall fiberglass statue of Hello Kitty dressed as Cleopatra, “Kittypatra,” lies helplessly on her back, waiting to be raised onto her hieroglyphic-covered throne inside a gallery at Little ...

Yuko Yamaguchi, the third designer of Japanese cartoon and global mega-brand Hello Kitty, poses with various dolls during a press conference in Hong Kong on July 17, 2014. Speaking on the sidelines of ...