 Japanese artist Yuko Shimizu, creator of Hello Kitty, and now Rebecca Bonbon, was talking to Anushka Matanda-Dawati. Having raised two boys, I have to confess that Hello Kitty has never been much of a thing in the Pearson household. But then perhaps I'm missing something. After all, there are currently more than 50,000 Hello Kitty product lines available in 130 countries. When it comes to truly global trends, the numbers don't lie. More from the History Hour in just a moment.