| It is the Japanese pearl industry that feels they can put a "made in Japan" or "product of Japan" on any pearls they touch. This is why Akoya pearls that every dealer knows were cultured in China are sold in Japan as "Japanese Pearls", even though finding any farms in Mie culturing anything smaller than 8mm would be an incredible challenge.
Some Japanese factories are actually labeling their low-end Akoya as Chinese now and claiming the best to be Japanese, attempting to make Chinese look inferior once again. It only shows that they are losing and they know it to try such absurd deception. No, I am not just talking about you, American Pearl. Although yours is the most obvious.
As we drill and match a lot of our stock in the US, we should put tags on our pearls that say "product of the USA". It is no different. |