In Japanese, a vocabulary list is sometimes called kotoba no takarabako or a treasure box of words. Here are a few jewels ...

Don’t freak out when you try to board a flight to this southwestern Japanese prefecture and the destination on the ticket says “Hello Kitty” — you’re definitely on the right plane. Oita, a scenic ...

Welcome aboard the Hello Kitty Shinkansen - one of Japan's incredible novelty trains. Japan is addicted to the Hello Kitty franchise and has a special high speed train themed around the cartoon cat. I ...

Clinique has announced a collaboration with Hello Kitty to commemorate the Sanrio mascot’s 50th anniversary. Though Clinique is almost sixty years old, it also states that it’s worked for half a ...

The MotoGP paddock has arrived in Japan and arrived in style. A host of MotoGP riders descended on a fan stage in Shinjuku on Wednesday afternoon to say hello to the crowd and get the Japanese GP in ...

Haru Urara, who was the inspiration for a popular mobile game character, died in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 29 ...