Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Befitting a pop icon at midlife ... but none with the lasting power of Hello Kitty. Forget the understated wabi-sabi aesthetic historically associated with Japan. A chameleon-like cat-girl ...

(SPOT.ph) Hello Kitty, even if she is a 50-year-old little girl, is known across generations—what a timeless, anthropomorphic icon. So, of course, everyone (including us) was freaking out when ...