It's unclear why Kewpie Corporation founder Toichiro Nakashima chose the doll as the namesake for his company, but presumably, it was due to the doll's popularity at the time. Some bloggers ...

A new documentary from Ozarks Public Television will explore the life of Rose O'Neill, the illustrator who created the Kewpie doll. The locally produced program "Rose O'Neill: An Artful Life" will ...