A new survey uncovers exactly what makes a character 'kawaii' in the eyes of fans -- and also who the most kawaii character ...

From Sanrio characters to starry-eyed idol singers, it’s no secret that kawaii (“cute”) culture is huge in Japan. Whole museums and theme parks have been dedicated to the concept of kawaii. Heck, it’s ...

Over on question-and-answer website Quora, someone posted a very simple question: Which is the cutest cartoon character ever created? The answers from Quora members cover a broad spectrum, some more ...

"Gross" characters are proliferating in a country known for kawaii, and now even local governments' mascots are trying to out-weird one another. Long considered the global capital of cute, Japan is ...

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.

It’s hard to tell at first glance, but Hello Kitty is…well, she’s a lot of things. A mouthless blob. Not a cat, nor Japanese—she’s a girl from the leafy London suburbs, a perpetual third grader, five ...

Our girl Princess Fairy Kei (aka Georgie Culley) brings the cute, colourful and sometimes dark side of cosplay to life A BLUE bunny bounces through the crowd and gestures at me to follow – curious, I ...

Providing an in-depth overview of all things kawaii (cute), this book traces the cute aesthetic from its inception in the 1970s as a schoolgirl trend to its position as a leading cultural norm, and ...

What is cute, or kawaii, to use the almost synonymous Japanese term? In 1943, an Austrian zoologist named Konrad Lorenz proposed that our perception of cuteness is based on certain physical ...