Earlier this year, Strategist editor Alexis Swerdloff sang the praises of a Japanese notebook that ... of mooching off my co-workers and writing in notebooks emblazoned with gold initials that ...

When you first start journaling, almost any pen will do. But as your habit grows—from jotting down quick thoughts to crafting ...

“Just after the war Japan was awash in cheaply made stationery,” he explains. “Hatsusaburō felt that the country needed affordable, well-made notebooks to sustain its long, rich writing cultur ...