OSAKA -- Kokuyo, one of Japan's biggest makers of office and school supplies, will accelerate a shift away from manufacturing under a new plan that stresses services like building renovation.

TOTTORI--To order a custom-made fountain pen from Ryo Yamamoto ... Many of his clients are celebrities both in and outside Japan. One of them, a renowned author, expressed deep gratitude for ...

She also said demand for glass pens took off again as items of cultural value featuring the beauty of Japanese traditional craftsmanship. The pens are made manually, one at a time.

Japanese design firm Nendo has created a geometric hut for dogs that converts into a bed, along with a polyhedron-like ball and a reversible bowl. I Didn’t Know Dog Beds Could Be This Badass ...

While police again held him down, a Japanese detective jabbed the point of a fountain pen deeply under the sailor’s nails and vigorously worked the fountain pen lever, shooting ink into the ...