If it weren’t for Kokichi Mikimoto, we might be living in a world without pearls. As a young man growing up in a seaside Japanese village, Mikimoto observed the diminishing supply of natural pearls ...

The intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street may well be the most luxurious corner in New York City, anchored by the massive Louis Vuitton flagship, Bergdorf Goodman and the still luxurious, if ...

A visit to the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm where the culturing process was developed 130 years ago. Raft-like platforms float on the bay’s surface at the Mikimoto Tatoku Pearl Farm in Japan, while ...