For 15 generations, just one family has crafted the hand-sculpted (rather than wheel-thrown) Japanese pottery known as Raku, which uses a low-fire technique to produce ceramic objects that bear an ...

Raku is a traditional Japanese ceramic firing technique from the 16th century. The pots were usually hand-formed from a red clay and used for tea ceremonies. Today, potters are attracted by Raku’s ...

“Raku raku” means “comfortable” or “easy” in Japanese, and it’s clear from the moment you switch the screen on that the F12-D has been designed around those principles.

Raku means "pleasure," and the word derived from Jurakudai, the name of the recreation palace of warlord and art patron Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98).

It's been more than a year since NTT DoCoMo unveiled its F-12D Raku-Raku handset, so it's only natural the company would follow up with a successor in 2013. The Japanese firm just introduced the F ...

The Raku-Raku SMART PHONE’s touch screen mimics the impression of a conventional phone key, allowing users to first confirm where their finger is touching by highlighting the contact point and then ...

The Raku-Raku has a 4-inch TFT LCD, an 8-megapixel camera, simplified menu choices, and large fonts. DoCoMo didn't say it's aimed at older users, but that seems to be the case.