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

Hello Kitty is now 50. Befitting a pop icon at midlife, the bubble-­headed, bow-wearing character’s fictional birthday has ...

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

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

OK, we’ll admit, there’s some similarity between “kawaii Minecraft skins” and “cute Minecraft skins ... The character is pale, the clothes and hair are dark, and the small cutesy ...

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

Once everything is put together, and after a few minutes to allow the wax to harden, the result is kawaii — Japanese for cute.

The company wanted designs embodying “kawaii,” a Japanese term for cuteness ... “She’s good at sports, and she looks cute and chic too,” she explained. “I think of her as a blank ...