How would you describe Hello Kitty? Cute? Innocent? A cat? You’d be partly right, but hold up on that last one…

Larkin walks us through the history and legacy of Hello Kitty, shares some facts about her that make Kate absolutely furious, and describes how a culture of cute helped heal the economy (and image) of post-war Japan.

References

Yano, Christine R. (2013) Pink Globalization - Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific. Duke University Press, Durham and London

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hello-kitty-kawaii-imperial-japan?showLogin=true&cds_email=bGFya2luLmJsYWtlQHlhaG9vLmNvbQ%3D%3D&loggedin=true&rnd=1757021759654

https://hellokitty.fandom.com/wiki/Dear_Daniel

https://kirj.ee/wp-content/plugins/kirj/pub/TRAMES-3-2023-311-324_20230821152905.pdf?v=7516fd43adaa

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/regency-shotoku-taishi

https://iris.unive.it/retrieve/160ac5ac-4281-41e7-b5d1-0abefc110df3/SoniaFaviTesi.pdf#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGiapam%E2%80%9D%20for%20the%20archipelago.%20In%201556%2C%20%E2%80%9CGiapam%E2%80%9D,Universale%20della%20parte%20del%20mondo%20nuovamente%20ritrovata

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/YR49cBP9YY9wzmSqxhTLDX/i-created-hello-kitty

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-fascinating-history-behind-the-popular-waving-lucky-cat

https://time.com/6993173/hello-kitty-anniversary-50-years-sanrio-tsuji/

https://medium.com/@Joey121/why-japan-and-not-nihon-in-english-775df3db7df6

https://thewire.in/culture/hello-kitty-at-50-years-old-how-is-it-so-successful

https://bokksu.com/blogs/news/celebrating-50-years-of-cuteness-hello-kittys-milestone-anniversary?srsltid=AfmBOop9w2q_8Uile-oSwJ2JXmqtjrYWqkdpwtku0RWztC1zPs3DIuhL

https://apjjf.org/mark-selden/2724/article

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