The EU has decided to employ the services of popular Japanese mascot "Hello Kitty" to promote the union and the euro, according to French newswire AFP.
The mascot - extremely popular throughout Japan and Asia - will have an EU-style makeover, changing out of her traditional red or pink to don the blue and yellow of the EU flag.
A spokesperson told AFP that the European Union wanted to give "little presents to people so that they will remember the EU or be more aware of what the ...
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