Japanite! » Hello Kitty http://japanite.com Offbeat News and Weird Ideas from Japan Tue, 11 May 2010 10:14:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Hello Kitty: From an Ambassador to a Wireless Phone http://japanite.com/hello-kitty-from-ambassador-to-a-wireless-phone/ http://japanite.com/hello-kitty-from-ambassador-to-a-wireless-phone/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 11:05:46 +0000 Japanite Team http://www.japanite.com/2008/05/30/from-ambassador-to-a-wireless-phone/

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]]> Wireless phone maker, Uniden, decided to make a tribute to the new Japanese ambassador: hello kitty. The feline animation has been recently apportioned as an official ambassador in order to attract more tourists to Japan.

If you are a father to girls under the age of 12, we strongly recommend no to show them the following pictures. Or else you’ll have to cough up $65 for a basic phone and almost $100 for a model with an answering machine.

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Hello? hello? It’s kitty!

More [Uniden Japan]

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]]> hello_kitty_japan Working for the ministry of foreign affairs in japan is apparently not as attractive as it may sound. Maybe due to that lack of contenders, the Japanese government has decided that their new ambassador to China and Hong Kong will be “Hello Kitty”, one of the most famous cats in the world.

The ministry of tourism in Japan hopes that due to the popularity of this too-cute feline, tourists from neighboring countries will flock to Japan and spent some cash. As well informed readers of Japanite! already know the country offer tourist attractions like maid cafes and robot wars.

The mega cat is apparently 34 years old, and was invented by Sanrio, a toy company. since then, the kitty has appeared on 50,000 products in 60 countries.

This isn’t the first time that Japanese expect their drawn figures to bring them tourists. Just a month ago the Japanese foreign minister appointed Doraemon, the anime cat, as an “anime ambassador”.

We wish good luck to the cute cat, but still thinks that Nahoko Shimada, the McDonalds porn start might have been a better in attracting the sophisticated tourists.

More: [DailyNews]

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