At least four claw (or crane) machine-only businesses have opened in the past year, drawing kids and adults alike in search of entertainment and Japanese prizes, like Hello Kitty or Pokémon plushies.

A new series of Animal Crossing plush toys will appear sometime in mid-December through Japanese retailer San-ei.

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The new plush characters include Sasha, Goldie and Stitches, and each one varies in size. Sasha is 24cm, Goldie is 23cm and ...

Takara Tomy will release gacha figures of Sanrio mascots hugging smaller plush versions of themselves in mid-November 2024.

Takeshi Niinami is not the kind of boss to sequester himself in the plush C-Suite. As CEO of Japanese conglomerate Suntory Holdings, Niinami prides himself on spending time meeting customers and ...

Bay Area Hello Kitty fans have a reason to celebrate. The Japanese company Sanrio that created Hello Kitty has announced a ...

Three of Japan’s southern islands have earned UNESCO World Heritage status for their natural wonders — but they are also home ...

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By Li Yuan A Japanese boy was stabbed on his way to school in China on Sept. 18. That’s the date when, nearly a century earlier in 1931, Japan invaded China. The child, who was 10 years old ...