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Sanrio CEO on the Key to Hello Kitty’s 50 Years of Success
Time via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 weeks agoA staff member poses with Hello Kitty at the CUTE exhibition in London, on January 24, 2024. CUTE is...
Hirotake Yano, founder of Japanese discount store Daiso, dies at 80
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoFeb. 20 (UPI) -- Hirotake Yano, the founder and former president of Japan's Daiso chain of discount...
Founder of Japanese dollar-store chain Daiso dies; he was 80
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance Canada· 5 months agoHirotake Yano, who founded the retail chain Daiso known for its 100-yen shops, Japan’s equivalent of...
Hirotake Yano, Japanese billionaire founder of 100-yen chain Daiso, dies at 80
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance Canada· 5 months agoHirotake Yano, the Japanese billionaire founder of Daiso Industries who helped popularize the...
The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – why we’re trapped in the cult of cute
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIn the fable The Wolf and the Dog, La Fontaine depicted the former as wild and free, the latter as...
Canada plans crackdown as trade data shows elver exports were 4 times the legal catch in 2022
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoFisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) plans to crack down on the illegal fishery for baby eels, also...
Students vote to end funding for campus radio station CHUO
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 9 months agoThe University of Ottawa's independent campus radio station, CHUO 89.1FM, is losing the funding it...
Coalition Cracks May Not Stop Japan’s Kishida From Calling Early Vote
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year ago(Bloomberg) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may head into an early election despite a...
For Gen Z in Japan, a 'Hollywood smile' is worth $55. Hour-long classes aim to teach students how to...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoFor those who want to be a smiling coach like her, Keiko Kawano also offers one-day training...
The Effect of ‘Cold’ Images on Consumers
WWD via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew advertising research out of Japan has revealed a remarkable impact that images have on viewers when a picture depicts something cold versus a...