A new stall selling Japanese street fashion, jewellery and character merchandise is coming to Norwich Market. It will be run as a collaboration between best friends Katherine Rose, 29, and Jessica ...

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

A new stall selling Japanese street fashion, jewellery and character merchandise ... who love Japanese and kawaii culture and run their own small businesses based on different aspects of it.

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

“Shrewd” is how Mika Nishimura, a design professor at Tokyo’s Meisei University, describes the way Hello Kitty conquered the worlds of commerce, fashion ... of “kawaii,” which is ...

It's become a symbol of Japanese 'kawaii' (cute) culture and soft power ... collection comprising thousands of figurines, items of clothing and other merchandise. "I try not to keep track ...

The company wanted designs embodying “kawaii,” a Japanese term for cuteness ... Inspired by the trends she saw in Tokyo’s Harajuku fashion district at the time, Yamaguchi began incorporating ...

Fender and Sanrio – have joined forces to unveil a new limited-edition collection of Fender items, celebrating the 50th ...