Hello Kitty is saying hello to 50 on Friday and celebrating with her global fan club. Across the world, fans of the iconic cartoon brand are commemorating the golden anniversary with special pop-ups, ...

Think Hello Kitty is a kitty? Think again: She's a hello anything but. The LA Times reported Wednesday that University of Hawaii anthropologist Christine R. Yano first stumbled upon the disconcerting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It all started on a coin purse half a century ago. Today, her blank, innocent stare can be seen on bed linen, clothes and (only ...

I grew up with Sanrio. Maybe you did too. In the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, there wasn’t a single school supply I owned that didn’t have a Sanrio character emblazoned upon it. Okay, whatever, I may have ...

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 ...