Hiroshi Nittono receives funding from The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI No. 23330217. However, why cute things attract us and how they ...

If you’re a cat lover or simply a fan of all things Japanese and cutesy, this kawaii kitty-shaped Japanese milk bread (shokupan) might tickle your fancy. These meow-nificent treats are created by self ...

Cute—"Kawaii" in local parlance—wears many guises in Japan. There's old-school kawaii, embodied by the helpless, mouthless gaze of Hello Kitty. There's the newer guy-cute, manifest by masses of young ...

Deaf Crocodile and Cartuna have teamed up to acquire North American distribution rights to Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat in Dark, the long-awaited sequel to the underground cult anime Tamala 2010: A Punk ...