The holiday diva traded snowflakes for sweetness in Japan, celebrating Halloween with a look that was both charming and full ...

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 tour.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum is giving Halloween an anime makeover on Oct. 26, as its annual Halloween event collides with the ...

Between January and July, 395,375 Japanese travelled to Hong Kong, a healthy 32.2 per cent increase on the same period last year. This figure is still, however, slightly more than 46 per cent down on ...

Netflix is returning to the mysterious and deadly Borderland with the third season of its hit Japanese sci-fi series, Alice ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power. Dressed in a kimono, Hello Kitty performs a classical ...

Even if you were staring into a crystal ball, nobody could have foreseen one of modern metal’s wildest innovations taking the form of three teenage girls performing synchronised dance moves. Decked ...

BABYMETAL came out of Tokyo in 2010 as an audacious mutation of Japanese pop and muscular heavy metal. With a very young Su-metal singing up front, and two other females dancing beside her, the band ...

Misa Kimura was still a student from Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, when she visited Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood for the first time. It felt like stepping into a dream. “Every kind of clothing or ...

In 2025, the World Expo series makes its way to Osaka, Japan after 55 years. A 30-minute train or cab ride from Osaka’s Dotonbori, the artificial island of Yumeshima transforms into a melting pot of ...