Japanese culinary culture is influenced by kawaii -- the feeling of joy in adorable things Kawaii images have appeared in Japanese literature and art for over 1,000 years ...

The Japanese icon, celebrating her golden jubilee, is emblematic of a global craze for child-like things that has grown in troubled times.

How Hello Kitty helped post-WWII Japan conquer the world Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power.

“Often kawaii is equated to the English word ‘cute’, but I think it also has a more profound connotation,” said Guan Van Zoggel, a student at Leiden University majoring in Japanese studies.

Kawaii: Going crazy for cute the Japanese way Kawaii, or a love of the adorable, is huge in Japan – and it’s big here too. Bless, says Will Coldwell ...

TOKYO--Hello Kitty turns 50 on Friday. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-headed, bow-wearing character's fictional birthday has brought museum exhibits, a theme park spectacle and a ...

Pink globalisation, the spread of cute goods from Japan to other parts of the industrial world, has been a stronghold of consumption in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, particularly with Hello ...

If your aesthetic is more on the cute and playful side, the Logitech POP ICON keyboard and mouse combo makes for the perfect addition to your gaming battle station. And right now, you can get it ...

As our latest issue is about exploring the cute side of Tokyo – which you can download now for FREE – we check in with Japanese artist Sebastian Masuda about the true meaning of the Japanese ...

Cute—"Kawaii" in local parlance—wears many guises in Japan. There's old-school kawaii, embodied by the helpless, mouthless gaze of Hello Kitty. There's the newer guy-cute, manifest by masses ...

The menu at the Pom Pom Purin Café in Tokyo is the epitome of “kawaii”.