The Sanrio Company has designed hundreds of characters since 1960, when the company was initially founded, but none have earned quite the level of fame that Hello Kitty has. Since her inception back ...

She weighs three apples and stands five apples tall. She enjoys baking cookies and dreams of being a pianist or poet. And now, despite her ageless appearance, she is 50 years old. Friday marks half a ...

She’s one of Japan’s best-loved creations, adorning some 50,000 products sold across 130 countries and earning billions of dollars for parent company, Sanrio. But it’s important to note what she’s not ...