DEAR HELAINE AND JOE: Could you please tell me about this teapot? It is brown with floral decoration and is marked with "MG" surrounded by "Made in Occupied Japan" in a circle. Thank you. - S. L., ...

When Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers on Aug. 14, 1945, it became an occupied country until April 28, 1952. Even though the occupation was to have been a joint effort of the Allies it was the ...

I’ve just returned from two weeks touring the art and temples of Japan’s Inland Sea. We visited Osaka, Okayama, Takamatsu, Shikoku and the incredible “Art Island” of Naoshima, where the Chichu Museum ...