A new collaboration between Sanrio and Attack on Titan has Levi, Eren, Pochacco and Bad Badtz-Maru lounging about on various ...

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The J-pop girl group reflects on the universal appeal of their genre-blending music and cheeky online presence ...

Lots of people do, particularly in Japan, where the term, known as nekojita in Japanese ... especially when blowing on hot food or drink to cool it down, and this cute robot blows air so you don’t ...

Japanese people don’t want to be elevated versions of themselves, he says; they want to be someone else altogether, which is why kawaii culture ... largely replaced kimonos as everyday attire.

ONLY THE MOST devoted scholar would attempt a definitive archive of cuteness and all its manifestations in Japan. The cute is everywhere because life is everywhere; in the animism that underlies S ...

The Japanese concept of “kawaii," meaning “cute," has transcended its initial niche appeal. Today, it influences everything from stationery and fashion to food, embodying a spirit of joy, creativity, ...