Cute—"Kawaii" in local parlance ... best known via Takashi Murakami's splashy cartoon-apocalyptica canvases, which sell for millions at art auctions. But whether low-cute or high-cute, girl ...

Tom and Jerry have gotten a pretty major rework in Japan, where animators have created a new kawaii (cute) version of the iconic cat and mouse. Cartoon Network Japan, owned by Tom and Jerry IP ...

It’s striking that Somerset House’s Cute show includes a section on the pink balaclava-sporting art collective Pussy Riot, who, the curators argue, use a subversive form of cuteness to protest ...

On sale are rice omelets molded in the shape of the cafe’s Golden Retriever cartoon ... “kawaii” entered into common usage in the 19th century, around the same time the word “cute ...

Providing an in-depth overview of all things kawaii (cute), this book traces the cute aesthetic from its inception in the 1970s as a schoolgirl trend to its position as a leading cultural norm ...