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 ...

But there’s no doubt the Leeuwin Coast team has eyes on the traditionally undersupplied national rock oyster market, with ...

The pearl culture industry is in crisis after millions of oysters inexplicably died ... a senior official at the Tategami Akoya Pearl Aquaculture Corp. in Shima, Mie Prefecture.