haha, what?

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24708771/

At a press conference, Sanrio Co. President Shintaro Tsuji called Hello Kitty's new appointment "an honor" and pledged to "work hard to attract many visitors."

Japan's other goodwill tourism ambassadors include Korean singer Younha, Japanese actress Yoshino Kimura and Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi.

Although this is the first time the tourism ministry has tapped a fictional character for the role, the foreign ministry in March inaugurated blue robo-cat Doraemon as Japan's "anime ambassador."

[drew]

jesus christ

[Joe Molotov]

  

[Human Snorenado]

[Tauntaun]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24708771/

At a press conference, Sanrio Co. President Shintaro Tsuji called Hello Kitty's new appointment "an honor" and pledged to "work hard to attract many visitors."

Japan's other goodwill tourism ambassadors include Korean singer Younha, Japanese actress Yoshino Kimura and Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi.

Although this is the first time the tourism ministry has tapped a fictional character for the role, the foreign ministry in March inaugurated blue robo-cat Doraemon as Japan's "anime ambassador."

I said wow. 

[Phoenix Dark]

if that's what it takes to keep sporks and his ilk in japan and out of the USA, so be it

[Tauntaun]

if that's what it takes to keep sporks and his ilk in japan and out of the USA, so be it

Point taken. 

[CajoleJuice]

(Image removed from quote.)

Pretty much.

[treythemovie]

I hope these anime ambassadors end up starting WWIII

[brawndolicious]

I hope these anime ambassadors end up starting WWIII

They have thousands and thousands of these.  Maybe a thousand thousand.