How Hello Kitty helped post-WWII Japan conquer the world Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power.

And kawaii style can be traced further back, the London-based Japanese animator Miki Kato argues in her 2002 essay, “Cute Culture,” to centuries-old Japanese aesthetic principles that prize ...

There is no better place to buy everything cute, in particular, kawaii and Sanrio-related accessories, than Amazon. Shopping as a parent or guardian, buying a present to a friend or just treating ...

Classic American cartoon duo Tom and Jerry received a makeover for a new Japanese animated series. “Tom and Jerry,” which was first released in the U.S. in 1940, will be debuting its first ...

The eighth Konnichiwa Japan festival in Delhi celebrated Japanese culture with traditional crafts, food, music, and sports like sumo wrestling.

How Japan's "most famous" artist, and others, are subverting the country's cute "kawaii" aesthetic to question the world we live in.

A Japanese DJ has found a new calling making freaky flesh-like accessories such as severed finger ink stamps, pendants with blinking eyes and purses with gaping mouths and stubble, inspired by horror ...

Netflix has a treat in store for global fans of Japanese kawaii culture. The company revealed on Thursday that production is underway on My Melody & Kuromi, a Japanese stop-motion animated series ...

Sanrio recruited Shimizu and other illustrators to create “kawaii” characters at a time when cute, girlish styles were popular in Japan.

A new pop-up selling Japanese street fashion, jewellery and character merchandise is coming to Norwich Market.