Mikimoto America has appointed Kentaro Nishimura as president and chief executive officer. Nishimura brings more than 25 ...

There’s also the “half-and-half,” an industry term for a necklace that’s half pearls and half something else. On the recent Cannes red carpet, actress Michelle Yeoh, 69, wore Mikimoto’s ...

Rei Kawakubo has delved into the classic nature of Mikimoto pearls, infusing the cultured pearl strands with subtle subversion and creating a new design identity. Ropes of perfectly symmetrical, ...

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 ...

Cultured pearls date all the way back to around 500 AD in China. However, in 1893, the Japanese-born Kōkichi Mikimoto streamlined the process and eventually created perfectly round pearls.