JAPAN's content to reach a global audience. This is the station's window to the world. In this program, we spotlight "Japan ...

Germany has a lot to offer lovers of fine ceramics, such as the Meissen Manufactory, the Keramion Museum and Leuchtenburg Castle’s world of porcelain. None has quite the magical appeal of a small ...

He came to Japan to study poetry but was enchanted by pottery, which he found to be “handheld poetry.” Both poetry and pottery were the essences of the material. Mr. Yellin started his journey as a ...

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese craft technique that utilizes lacquer and gold to repair broken ceramic pieces. Kunio Nakamura, the 52-year-old kintsugi artist who operates Rokujigen ...

TOKYO -- Toto, Japan's top toilet maker, is expanding its decades-old business of making parts for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, capitalizing on broader use of ceramics in the production of ...

The AI boom is driving a surge in data center construction that's sucking up tons of energy. By 2030, data centers are expected to consume 35 gigawatts of power annually, up from 17 gigawatts in ...

Steve Jobs helped shape the modern world with his products at Apple, and it appears we can partly thank the unique aesthetic of Japanese ceramics for some of his most iconic designs. In the spring ...

After the Portuguese reached China in 1514 and Japan in 1542, they soon started trading with porcelain from these countries. Other Europeans also started to engage in the ceramics trade. During the 17 ...

Daisuke Kiyomizu knows pottery inside and out ... At the start of his career, Kiyomizu tells me later via a Japanese translator on a video call, he struggled to make ends meet by following ...

Soft diplomacy was needed. With American encouragement, the Japanese offered clay. The little-known role of ceramic statecraft in Cold War geopolitics is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at ...