Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...
Japan's akoya oysters have been preëminent among cultured pearls ever since Kokichi Mikimoto first established the industry in the early part of this century. But since 1994, something has been ...
A worker at the Union Pearl factory in Ise, Japan, sorts through cultivated pearls. Photo / Salwan Georges, The Washington Post For generations, a string of perfectly round, classic white pearls - the ...
A West Australian pearl producer has started turning a wasted by-product into a seafood delicacy. Loading... Great Southern Shellfish, based in Albany, has been producing small batches of akoya pearls ...
MIE, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's akoya pearl industry, which began in the 1890s when Kokichi Mikimoto created the world's first cultured pearls, is facing collapse due to plunging sales and stiff ...
Off the coast of Japan’s verdant Saikai National Park, the Kujukushima Islands lie scattered amid a sprawling network of narrow inlets. Their name literally translates as “99 islands,” though there ...