Recently, kawaii nail art has been bubbling up on Instagram and TikTok, and while its fame stateside is relatively new, the manicure trend has been a longtime favorite in Japan.

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 national ...

At 50, Hello Kitty is as 'kawaii' and lucrative as ever A Hello Kitty figure welcomes visitors at Sanrio Puroland during her 50th birth anniversary celebrations in Tama, a western suburb of Tokyo ...

Hello Kitty And Friends Kogyaru Ringer Girls Baby T-Shirt: “This Sanrio top features a group shot of Kuromi, Cinnamoroll, Hello Kitty and My Melody in Kogyaru style, posing for a photo that’s ...

Hello Kitty, then, becomes a kind of limit case of popular art, or, perhaps, of any art under capitalism. On the one hand, art gets its value from being something that people are willing to pay for.

A visitor looks at Hello Kitty display at the exhibition “As I change, so does she,” marking the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

“Hello Kitty, this cultural object, has something to tell us about the history of women in East Asia, and how East Asian women modernized themselves and became professional citizens in a modern ...

She — and Kitty is a she, according to the company that owns her — may have been conceived as a vessel for the feelings of others, but some women see an empowering symbol in her mouthless face.

TOKYO — Hello Kitty turned 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 ...