TOKYO--Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at ... avatar for the social networking app Zepeto. There have been anniversary editions of merchandise ranging from pet collars ...

The afternoon tea set features both Hello Kitty and her twin, Hello Mimmy. Tokyo's Hello Kitty 50th Anniversary Cafe will take over Box Cafe & Space in Shibuya 109 from September 13 to October 27.

Just a year later, My Melody, a rabbit, was added into the mix, which means one year on from Hello Kitty's 50th-anniversary celebrations, it's now My Melody's turn. Sanrio released a special ...

The fact that Hello Kitty is now fully recognised as a kind of Japan, kind of a cool Japan, I think that’s part of the effect of all of this." She says the 50th anniversary is significant ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Don’t freak out when you try to board a flight to this southwestern Japanese prefecture and the destination on the ticket says “Hello Kitty” — you’re definitely on the ...

Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife ... “Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered ...