Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

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

Bay Area Hello Kitty fans have a reason to celebrate. The Japanese company Sanrio that created Hello Kitty has announced a ...

Capcom announced a new line of Resident Evil stationery merchandise based on the Umbrella Corporation logo and motifs.

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

Japan Post raised its rates partly due to its ... Year cards announcing that the senders will be ending the practice. A stationery store in Tokyo's Taito Ward is selling a special text stamp ...

Hello Kitty celebrates 50 years as a cultural icon, evolving from a simple stationery design by Yuko Shimizu to a global symbol with museum exhibitions and diverse merchandise. Despite debates about ...

A steady stream of people lined up at California's newest Daiso store to shop its discount line of popular products from ...

By David Waldstein Masa Kawai wore his faded Yankees cap on Wednesday as he served customers at the Japanese doughnut shop he owns in Edgewater, N.J. It was two days before Game 1 of a World ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...