After returning home, the boy forms a true friendship with the sea creature by introducing his new companion to his life on ...

The English version of the Japan Teddy Bear Association’s 34th Japan Teddy Bear With Friends Convention advertising poster.

Jilly Bing, the company known for creating dolls and toys celebrating Asian American heritage, debuts an Asian Caucasian doll ...

Takara Tomy will release gacha figures of Sanrio mascots hugging smaller plush versions of themselves in mid-November 2024.

As Hello Kitty's commercial success expanded beyond Asia, so did her personal profile. By the late 1970s, Sanrio revealed the ...

The design made its debut on a coin purse the next year and became an instant hit in Japan. The 50th anniversary Hello Kitty ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

There is a new exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park and it’s perfect for Halloween. Momoka Nakajima, visitor engagement coordinator with the garden, has some monsters she ...