MILAN — This summer designer duo Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu found themselves at the Noritake Garden in Nagoya, Japan, where they discovered the electrifying Japanese god of lightning, thunder, ...

Q. Enclosed is a picture of my Noritake china set. It has six cups, six saucers, six sandwich plates, a cake/cookie plate, a teapot, a sugar bowl and a cream pitcher. –Pauline Doersam, Schaumburg A.

Question: During the 1970s, my dad was in the U.S. Army and for a period of time stationed in Japan. Before he returned to the United States, he purchased a set of Noritake china for Mom. I am ...