A photobioreactor is unveiled to the media at the Japan Pavilion for the World Exposition in Osaka, in the city's Konohana ...

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 is a Japanese company that designs, produces and sells products and their licenses with a focus on "kawaii" aesthetics ...

A striking white and pink bullet train themed around the Japanese cartoon character and marketing phenomenon Hello Kitty. The bespoke ... then has spread around the world. It can be found on ...

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 ...