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Climate change, aging farmers endanger Japan’s ‘Rolls-Royce of pearls’

The Washington Post · last updated

AGO BAY, Japan — For generations, a string of perfectly round, classic white pearls — the kind worn by fashion icons like Audrey Hepburn and Jacqueline Kennedy — has been the epitome of understated class.

The lustrous “akoya,” coveted around the world for their timeless beauty, originated here, in the calm waters and sheltered inlets of Ago Bay, where conditions are ripe for oysters to thrive.

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