News that Sanrio, the Japanese company behind iconic IPs including Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, and My Melody, is launching ...

Hello Kitty must not dance with the far-right’ declared the Chinese newspaper Global Times in a recent editorial. This ...

Sanrio ends Hello Kitty Vivant collaboration after China criticism over the Japanese drama’s portrayal of wartime history.

Sanrio has apologised after its merchandise line with Japanese TV series Vivant drew heated backlash in China.

TOKYO, Oct 29 — Hello Kitty has become an unlikely casualty of worsening China-Japan tensions, with her creator ...

Hello Kitty has been dragged into a diplomatic stand-off between Beijing and Tokyo as diplomats and analysts grasp for signs ...

The Japanese company behind Hello Kitty will halt all collaborations with the TV show because it included “expressions inconsistent with Sanrio’s corporate philosophy”, according to a statement posted ...

TOKYO: Sanrio Co. apologiSed and scrapped a collaboration with Japanese television drama Vivant after the spy programme drew ...

Analysts suggest the decision was made in light of criticism and boycott movements from Chinese state-run media and internet ...

Sanrio Co. apologized and scrapped a collaboration with Japanese television drama Vivant after the spy program drew criticism ...