“After years of acting as a popular icon nationwide in Japan, the Kumamoto Prefecture’s bear mascot Kumamon is finally making his international debut! Earlier this week, Kumamon’s PR department announced that starting in June of 2014 they would be lifting the bad on international sales of Kumamon goods. "

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-05-24/kumamon-mascot-character-is-coming-to-america/.74775