Susan Pharr

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Hello Kitty (photos 1, 3) is a global marketing phenomenon that generates a reported $5 billion a year and is among the most recognized corporate logos in the world. “The question that everyone asks is: ‘Why is she so popular?’ ” said Christine Yano (photo 2), the Edwin O. Reischauer Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Harvard, who has studied Hello Kitty for the past 16 years. “I think it starts with a very clever, aesthetically pleasing design, which a lot can be read into.”

Hello Kitty, hello profits

On pop icon’s 40th anniversary, professor explains the global conquest of cute

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DateOctober 29, 2014April 30, 2019

Takeshi Hikihara (from left), Yoji Koda, and Michael Reich participated in the discussion. “It’s clear we’re entering a new stage in how this disaster is evolving in Japan,” said Reich, the Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy.

‘Crisis in Japan: The Way Forward’

Panel outlines necessary steps after conditions are stabilized

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DateMarch 24, 2011July 25, 2019

In response to President Drew Faust’s 2008 Civil War book “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” Arthur Kleinman (at podium) and David McCann organized an Asia-focused symposium on the topic. Suffering is “one of those things that defines the human condition,” Kleinman told a gathering at the Harvard Faculty Club.

Suffering, through an Asian lens

How Civil War’s traumas echo through overseas tragedies

Arts|

DateNovember 9, 2010May 2, 2019

Harvard University President Drew Faust visits the Keio Girls Senior High School in Tokyo. Drew Faust (left) speaks to a gathering of students. Staff Photo Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University News Office

Harvard in Japan

Dispatches chronicle historic and cultural aspects of President Faust's trip

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DateMarch 19, 2010July 26, 2019