For 40 years, her face has adorned backpacks and lunch boxes, jewelry and theme restaurants, TV shows and even laptops. Hello Kitty has long been a staple of Japanese pop culture, but for decades, one ...

Display of Hello Kitty items at the 'CUTE' exhibition in Somerset House, London, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the character The cat’s out of the bag. On the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, ...

Thanks to an anthropologist's unusual discovery, the iconic cartoon character is considered by some to be a girl, not a cat. Even Sanrio spokespeople can't quite agree. Goodbye, Kitty. Hello...what ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 (UPI) --A story about an upcoming Hello Kitty exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum published Tuesday by the LA Times informed people all over the world that "Hello ...

Hello Kitty is not a cat – at least that’s what Sanrio expects people to believe. Despite the fact that the cartoon cat has whiskers and pointy cat ears, Hello Kitty is allegedly a walking, talking ...

From the widely popular cutesy characters like Kuromi and Cinnamoroll to niche favorites like Hummingmint and Kumamilen, the Sanrio brand has come up with no shortage of beloved mascots. However, if ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Yano even dissected Hello Kitty's behavior. "She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits ...

A 12-foot-tall fiberglass statue of Hello Kitty dressed as Cleopatra, “Kittypatra,” lies helplessly on her back, waiting to be raised onto her hieroglyphic-covered throne inside a gallery at Little ...

Bombshell news from today's LA Times! Hello Kitty—a brand beloved by innocent children and sarcastic teenagers—is not actually a cat. This from Christine R. Yano, anthropologist and Hello Kitty ...