Pearls: Heritage and rarity endow star status

Financial Times-Jun. 7, 2013

Discoveries of new natural pearls dwindled to a trickle while high-quality cultured ones, largely from the Japanese house of Mikimoto, allowed pearls to enter the ...

Japan, Bahrain to conduct research on Persian Gulf pearl oysters

The Japan Times-Apr. 30, 2013

Before Kokichi Mikimoto successfully developed the cultured pearl, the tradition thrived in gulf nations such as Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

The Miss Universe crowns

Inquirer.net-Nov. 8, 2013

... the $250,000 Mikimoto pearl and diamond tiara; and now the Diamond Nexus “man made” diamonds. So, which among these three crowns is your favorite?

Thought those beautiful pearls formed around a grain of sand? Think ...

Daily Mail-Sep. 18, 2013

The tapeworm had its crucial role in pearl formation acknowledged in a 1903 paper ... Marilyn Monroe wore a 16in string of Mikimoto pearls to court the day she ...