The English version of the Japan Teddy Bear Association’s 34th Japan Teddy Bear With Friends Convention advertising poster.

Jilly Bing, the company known for creating dolls and toys celebrating Asian American heritage, debuts an Asian Caucasian doll ...

And that's just in Japan, her literal birthplace but not the one listed in ... “The main theme of Hello Kitty is friendship. When I first created it, I made a family of which Kitty was a part. But ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel plan to make it less lonely — replacing people with puppets. Fewer than 60 people live in Ichinono, and ...

With most of the population gone, residents of one village in Japan have come up with a novel ... So in Ichinono, the dolls are injecting some youth. Amid the overgrown greenery, a puppet girl ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child ...

There is a new exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park and it’s perfect for Halloween. Momoka Nakajima, visitor engagement coordinator with the garden, has some monsters she ...

A Japanese village struggling with a low population created life-sized dolls to mimic the feeling of a bustling society. The hamlet of Ichinono, which has less than 60 residents and only one child, is ...

“Umm whoever thought I was throwin’ shade clearly doesn't know I have a ‘Taylor Swift Please Be My Wife Voo Doo Doll,’” she ... posts documenting their friendship have been deleted ...