The English version of the Japan Teddy Bear Association’s 34th Japan Teddy Bear With Friends Convention advertising poster.

(AP video by Amaranta Marentes) A Hello Kitty figure welcomes visitors at Sanrio Puroland during her 50th birth anniversary celebrations in Tama, a western suburb of Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 ...

He also visited the San Juanico Bridge connecting Leyte and Samar Island, which was built in 1973 as part of the “Philippines-Japan Friendship Road Project.” Endo at WPS international confab ...

And that's just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the one listed in ... “The main theme of Hello Kitty is friendship. When I first created it, I made a family of which Kitty was a part. But ...

A village in Japan, that is home to fewer than 60 people, is overrun by life-sized puppets as residents have handcrafted stuffed mannequins to create a semblance of a bustling society. Only one ...

Nikkatsu, the venerable Japanese studio which is representing ... The film is a story of friendship and growth between characters Koma, Momoiro and Haiiro as they go through a series of emotions ...

The small population of a village in Japan is now "outnumbered by puppets" - after using life-like mannequins to replace those who have left the area. Fewer than 60 people live in the southern ...

By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo The steady course of the Japanese economy and business environment that has helped attract a torrent of investment in the past two years could be undercut ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel ... So in Ichinono, the dolls are injecting some youth. Amid the overgrown greenery, a puppet girl ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

For her, bottom surgery was something that, at the time of the book's publication in 2016, was required for a legal gender change in Japan. As of July of 2024, things may be beginning to change on ...