Meet Japan’s new tourism ambassador to China
Further proof (if such were needed) that the world is a stranger place than we possibly need or deserve it to be. Japan’s new tourism ambassador to China is someone that you probably recognise and indeed may well have met at some point in your life: Hello Kitty. [image by Adam Greenfield image removed at owner's request]
Hey, you got post-modern cuteness in my international relations! That said, Hello Kitty has been the US children’s ambassador to Unicef since 1983 (who knew?).
Have we finally accepted the idea that talking heads and ambassadors don’t need to be real people? There are embassies in Second Life, as well. Maybe we could get Captain Planet to take a run at re-establishing some of the Kyoto directives … [via MetaFilter]
May 26th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Hi, I’m going to have to ask you to remove my image from your post. It’s not licensed for commercial reuse, and with all these ads on your page, that’s pretty clearly what it’s being used for. Thanks.
May 26th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Many apologies; image removed.
May 27th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Thanks Paul!