(in Japanese art and culture) the quality of being lovable or cute “If you translate ... hailed as the Godfather of Kawaii, told me over a decade ago. The clothing designer has been a central ...

with the clothing seamlessly blending a traditional Japanese style with modern-day kawaii. Via its official website, Yamato Lab released a traditional yukata and a casual kimono dress in ...

mixing sporty separates and slinky tops in searing colours and bonkers patterning that offered up kawaii happiness, the pop ...

In an interview, ambassador Aoki Misako described her kawaii apparel as “combative clothing ... “performativity of cute”—has become deeply woven into modern Japanese life.

“Kawaii,” the closest Japanese equivalent to the contemporary English “cute,” goes further. Here the cute isn’t so much unthreatening as threatened. According to the Japanese cultural ...

Kawaii to the max ... of course, the cute and dynamic characters.” The series is scripted by Japanese playwright Shuko Nemoto, a passionate fan of the Sanrio character world who says she ...

An emerging Japanese school of thought, which revolves around the study of Kawaii or the quality of being cute, has found evidence that staring at cute things can boost mood and ...