From Hello Kitty to Pikachu, the country changed what the world considers adorable. But do these characters represent joy — ...

Asia embraces the cute As a Taiwanese American, I’ve been a lifelong fan of the ... Many well-known, cute, pop culture characters and products can be traced to Japan, particularly after World War II, ...

In Antalya, Turkey, in the early hours of March 27, 2025, Pikachu was spotted fleeing the police, making a getaway as fast as his short yellow legs c ...

Daniel Block “simply would not have started” his ambitious American miniature making company if Trump’s tariffs had been in ...

Broadest representation of international brands and growing property categories; more than 370 exhibiting companies. LAS ...

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Last week’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcements didn’t just take the wind out of the sails of the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, they set into motion a global chain of events that could impact practically ...

This lineup also comes with a big caveat. The Japanese Genetic Apex packs and the Pokemon coins you see in the above image are not actual products, as they will only appear as stickers packed ...

Yet Japan, Yoshimi writes in “The Ambivalent Consumer” (2006), “did not merely import American culture; it remade it.” Reinvention often flowed from reverence: The country’s craftspeople ...

The report comes after the Japanese government's negotiator, Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Ryosei Akazawa kicked off tariff discussions with his American counterparts, including President ...