Born in 1974 amid Japan’s efforts to recover from the devastation of World War II, Hello Kitty would become an unlikely agent of national reinvention. As the country confronted its imperialist ...

Media were given a sneak peek of the Japan pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka. The interior decor features Hello Kitty in 32 unique costumes.

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 ...

which owns licensing rights of Hello Kitty, operates the theme park Harmonyland in the southwest Japan prefecture. The prefectural government hopes that the global popularity of Hello Kitty will ...

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 ...

Hello Kitty is not a cat. She is actually, according to Sanrio, the company behind the global mega brand, a girl named Kitty White. Kitty’s not even from Japan, despite being appointed an ...