With American encouragement, the Japanese offered clay. The little-known role of ceramic statecraft in Cold ... from the patch of earth where they were made, crafted by people whose families ...

The boxes contained about 100 figurines marked with "Made in Occupied Japan" on the back of their base. They were found in the warehouse of Maruyama Toki, a pioneer in churning out ceramic ...

NAGOYA -- Eastern and Western architectural styles blend together at a century-old house that belonged to a local ceramic mogul here ... a single-story Japanese-style building, a storehouse ...