The name is pronounced "YOU-nee-klo" in English. In the early 1990s, the Japanese economy hit a major slump. And Uniqlo's cheap clothes got popular fast. The Japanese economic downturn is often ...

The Baby Clothes market encompasses all clothing articles and accessories for children up to a height of 85cm. Clothes for taller children are subsumed into the other children’s clothing markets.

It was also when the craze for vintage clothes in Japan got into full swing. Kimoto would travel to the United States several times a year, rent a car and drive from town to town in pursuit of ...

“There is a new view among consumers, too, that it’s cool to upcycle favorite clothes and wear them longer.” Since olden days, it has been common in Japan to fix and remake kimono to wear ...

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Companies that market their own clothing in Japan as listed on public reports filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as of May 2004. † Information obtained by contacting each company ...