{
  "id": 17186457,
  "title": "Hello Kitty Maker Sanrio Cuts Ties with TV Spy Show after China Backlash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/hello-kitty-maker-sanrio-cuts-ties-with-tv-spy-show-after-china",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T03:04:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/news-services/reuters/20261030-356423/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "TOKYO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Hello Kitty maker Sanrio 8136.T has cancelled a collaboration with a Japanese TV spy show after a backlash in China, the second incident in days to highlight the tightrope foreign firms and celebrities must walk in the lucrative market.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}