A few days ago I received some Christmas presents (in February, yes

) from my uncle. He is a pilot so he flies all over the world, and last time he went to Japan, he brought some presents back for me! One present included was this tiny alarm-clock looking thing with a figure of a white cat on it. I was confused since my Japanese is not nearly good enough to read what it was, but I liked it anyway.
While reviewing my kana today, I noticed that the cat on the forum banner is the EXACT SAME cat on the present I got; everything matches. So who is this kitty, is he/she a character in something from Japan? I would very much like to know!
