Hello Kitty Celebrates 40th Birthday
Local Editor
Hello Kitty, Japan's global icon of cute, marked her 40th anniversary on Saturday with a human-size version of the feline character regaling fans at an upscale Tokyo department store and a theme park.
The moon-faced creation that adorns everything from pencil cases to pyjamas the world over, began her birthday as a one-day manager of the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district.
Clad in pink from head to toe - including a child-like bow - a human-size Kitty showed up at an in-house meeting at the store, drawing cheers and applause from a horde of employees.
As she bowed, the employees bowed.
The mouthless character did not speak but waved and struck poses, sending many on the floor blurting out "kawaii!" (Japanese word for cute).
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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