His workers created massive pearl structures, which he displayed at every major international exposition. By mastering the techniques, Mikimoto, then hundreds of other Japanese firms, made pearls ...

Families come to Ago Bay, central Japan, to have loved ones' ashes encased in pearls. They insert them into oysters so they can grow in the sea. We explore what has made families reach this decision.

A couple of friends who had just returned from Japan took ... was Mikimoto Pearl Island. Many years ago, Mikimoto Kokichi managed to produce cultured pearls that slowly made their way into the ...

Japan has restrictive immigration laws and accepts few workers from other countries. But new rules could allow blue-collar workers in ... factory that hired her made her work 14 hours a day ...

A chance encounter with the writings of a former sworn enemy transformed the Japanese ... once made the rounds of 47 U.S. states in one year. His conversion and use of his “hero of Pearl ...

Japanese has been a language related to national security since World War II and the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1942 ... Ronald Reagan’s administration made great strides to improve relations with ...

In the three years following the Battle of Midway, the Japanese built six aircraft carriers ... and his countrymen less than a month after Pearl Harbor. “It is not enough to turn out just ...

Eighty years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the first Japanese ... planes that took off from six aircraft carriers that made up the Japanese strike force together with destroyers and other ...

Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is known to have created 36 pieces of artwork during his life, including his most famous painting, "Girl with a Pearl Earring ... the top of her collar.

Japan needed to ensure the US Navy's Pacific Fleet could not interfere. Japanese officials decided on a surprise attack on US Navy ships at Pearl Harbor, knocking them out and buying time for to ...

In other cultures, however, pearls are considered bad luck for weddings. Japanese myth says that pearls were made from the ...