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

Character licensing company Sanrio Co. said Thursday it has decided to end a tie-up campaign with the hit Japanese spy ...

Four of Sanrio’s most popular characters are turning into palm-sized interactive pet robots that can talk, sing, move around ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Sanrio announced Wednesday that it was cutting ties with the popular Japanese TV drama Vivant following criticism the series ...

Sanrio has ended its partnership with the Japanese TV series "Vivant" and apologized after a strong reaction in China. The ...

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