Oita, a scenic region known for its natural hot springs on the Japanese island of Kyushu, has recently renamed its air hub ...

Japan’s Oita Airport has officially changed its name to ‘Oita Hello Kitty Airport’ temporarily for Osaka’s Expo 2025 ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

A lot of exciting things are unfolding across Japan to coincide with the momentous World Expo now happening in Osaka. One such project is the absolutely adorable Hello Kitty-themed airport down in ...

was made possible because a subsidiary of Sanrio Co., which owns licensing rights of Hello Kitty, operates the theme park Harmonyland in the southwest Japan prefecture. The prefectural government ...

The fictional character was created in 1974 by Japanese company Sanrio ... break over my birthday and Christmas, and I was over there and I spotted Hello Kitty. And it was really fascinating ...

And that's just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the one listed in her official biography. Confused? Welcome to the party. If there's one thing about Hello Kitty, it's that she's proven ...