Japan, Hello Kitty. China, panda. And when you fuse these two together, you’ll get Hello Panda (the biscuits). Ok, probably lame but recently, Hello Kitty is spotted in a panda costume (Kitty Panda) to signal that the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 is coming up.

“The Olympics are coming up. That is what we have in mind,” said Kazuo Tomatsu, a spokesman for Hello Kitty maker Sanrio Co.

We expect Sanrio, the parent company of the famous kitty, to line up a slew of Kitty products for Kitty fans, Olympics fans, kawaii girls and mature office ladies (OL).

Drool. I want a Kitty Panda or OL.

Via yingdong’s blog