TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities cannot control yen levels with currency intervention but they have various tools to smooth out volatile moves driven by speculators, former top finance ministry ...

After hearing about this $22 tool from professional landscapers and avid home gardeners, we knew we needed to write about it. Meet the hori hori — a multipurpose, slightly concave Japanese weed knife ...

Santa Cruz, Calif. — After working in Japan as a chip designer and later selling EDA software from U.S. companies there, Rick Ader has launched a startup that will try to reverse a 20-year trend by ...

If you’ve ever wondered what stands behind the smooth, exquisite surfaces of Japanese craft and architecture, an exhibition that celebrates Japanese carpentry tools and techniques provides many ...

After 22 years in business, Hida Tool of Berkeley has proven its reputation as a source for high-end knives and garden tools. Its wares can be found in some of the Bay Area's best restaurants. But the ...

MIKI, Japan - Sandpaper has to be the number one consumable in the modern-day furniture shop. But a subset of craftspeople, like Toshio Tokunaga and his four apprentices, don't use any of the ...

Sometimes referred to as “mother machines,” machine tools are vital to the manufacture of components for everything from cars to domestic appliances. In 2010, Japan was overtaken by China as the world ...