has now turned his flash of inspiration into a business that makes edible tableware and cutlery to sell to environmentally conscious consumers. He is not alone, though. Numerous Japanese companies ...

From fashion to electronic music, western tastes today are far more in sync with Japan's than they were in the early '80s, and that includes our attitude to tableware. Instead of assembling 124 ...

To mark its 120th anniversary, Noritake introduced the Noritake Design Collection, a series of collaborations between the ...

Photo: Michael Sullivan According to Kinto, the CLK-151 collection was introduced in 2015, and the sandstone porcelain used to make its dinnerware is unique to the Hasami region of Japan.

The plates, which come in a wide variety of color combinations in increasingly ornate patterns, including fruit, look like dinnerware you see sold in ceramic shops across southern Italy.

JOMON (10,000 - 300 B.C.) Prehistoric period of tribal/clan organization. Stone Age hunters and gatherers who make jomon (rope-patterned) pottery inhabit Japan. 660 B.C. Mythological Jimmu ("Divine ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Doki Doki Tri-Line Quest Go on an adventure of self-discovery and search for your dear childhood friend who left the village years ago under strange ...

Learn more› By Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan is a writer covering kitchen equipment and tableware. He has broken more than a hundred drinking glasses to find the most durable. Flatware ...

Here’s how we test products and why you should trust us. Until recently, that bottle of Japanese whisky you paid a premium for might not actually contain whisky made in Japan. Producers could ...