Tokyo’s Hello Kitty theme park closed for ‘terrorist’ safety alert

A theme park in Tokyo that includes the Hello Kitty character closed on Saturday due to an e-mailed “terrorist alert”, the operator stated.

“We will be temporarily closed today as we are unable to adequately ensure the safety of our customers, performers, and on-site staff at this time,” the Sanrio Puroland Park stated on its web site.

Hello Kitty, created by Sanrio and celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this yr, is one in every of Japan’s best-known cartoon characters.

The mouthless cat-like determine, used to market every thing from plush toys to plane, has been deployed by Japan’s authorities to advertise tourism and as an envoy of cute.

Police, who investigated the theme park after it acquired the emailed warning, didn’t discover any suspicious objects, public broadcaster NHK reported, with out citing any supply for its info.

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