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Not pieces created as art, but ordinary items — clothing, rugs, quilts, curtains — utilizing skills, techniques and designs passed down by generations of...     JAPAN: Air conditioned clothes to beat the summer heat     Kuchou-fuku an apparel company has come out with self cooling shirts and jackets in a way to help the environment. These apparels are doing good business. These air-conditioned clothes keep the wearer comfortable even...     JAPAN: Denim exports on the rise     Thanks to growing markets in China and Vietnam Japan’s cotton denim fabrics exports rebounded in the first five months of 2007. In contrast Japan’s exports to Italy have slowed down....     JAPAN: Supermarkets beefing up marketing strategies for clothing business     To revive sluggish clothing sales in comparison to popular clothing specialty stores, large-scale general supermarkets are beefing up their marketing strategies. Clothing business in supermarkets is suffering from slower growth........     JAPAN: Itokin plans new women's wear brand aimed at Japanese and Chinese markets     Apparel retailer Itokin is planning to develop a new women's wear brand aimed at the Japanese and Chinese markets, Nikkei reported......     JAPAN: Eddie Bauer offers clothing range of 450 items     In Japan, Eddie Bauer's 48 stores offer an impressive range of merchandise--its clothing range numbers 450 items in spring/summer and grows to 500 in autumn/winter......     JAPAN: Apparel imports grow 5.9%     Japan's apparel imports rose 5.9 per cent to JPY202.8 billion in value terms for April this year; where as apparel imports in volume terms fell 0.3 per cent in the same month......     JAPAN: Marubeni to exclusively sell OshKosh products in Kyodo     Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with U.S. apparel company OshKosh B'gosh Inc......     JAPAN: Old movies exhibition to promote Kimono     An Osaka-based nonprofit organization promoting traditional clothing as everyday apparel is to offer a film series this month featuring old Japanese movies in which women wear kimono......                 JAPAN Textile News - Apparel/Garments News         JAPAN: UNIQLO store network in Singapore     Japan's casual wear brand UNIQLO to debut in Singapore...     JAPAN: Antique and vintage Indian textiles     Hiroko Iwatate began collecting antique and vintage Indian textiles 37 years ago. Not pieces created as art, but ordinary items — clothing, rugs, quilts, curtains — utilizing skills, techniques and designs passed down by generations of...     JAPAN: Air conditioned clothes to beat the summer heat     Kuchou-fuku an apparel company has come out with self cooling shirts and jackets in a way to help the environment. These apparels are doing good business. These air-conditioned clothes keep the wearer comfortable even...     JAPAN: Denim exports on the rise     Thanks to growing markets in China and Vietnam Japan’s cotton denim fabrics exports rebounded in the first five months of 2007. In contrast Japan’s exports to Italy have slowed down....     JAPAN: Supermarkets beefing up marketing strategies for clothing business     To revive sluggish clothing sales in comparison to popular clothing specialty stores, large-scale general supermarkets are beefing up their marketing strategies. Clothing business in supermarkets is suffering from slower growth........     JAPAN: Itokin plans new women's wear brand aimed at Japanese and Chinese markets     Apparel retailer Itokin is planning to develop a new women's wear brand aimed at the Japanese and Chinese markets, Nikkei reported......     JAPAN: Eddie Bauer offers clothing range of 450 items     In Japan, Eddie Bauer's 48 stores offer an impressive range of merchandise--its clothing range numbers 450 items in spring/summer and grows to 500 in autumn/winter......     JAPAN: Apparel imports grow 5.9%     Japan's apparel imports rose 5.9 per cent to JPY202.8 billion in value terms for April this year; where as apparel imports in volume terms fell 0.3 per cent in the same month......     JAPAN: Marubeni to exclusively sell OshKosh products in Kyodo     Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with U.S. apparel company OshKosh B'gosh Inc......     JAPAN: Old movies exhibition to promote Kimono     An Osaka-based nonprofit organization promoting traditional clothing as everyday apparel is to offer a film series this month featuring old Japanese movies in which women wear kimono......                 JAPAN Textile News - Apparel/Garments News         JAPAN: UNIQLO store network in Singapore     Japan's casual wear brand UNIQLO to debut in Singapore...     JAPAN: Antique and vintage Indian textiles     Hiroko Iwatate began collecting antique and vintage Indian textiles 37 years ago. Not pieces created as art, but ordinary items — clothing, rugs, quilts, curtains — utilizing skills, techniques and designs passed down by generations of...     JAPAN: Air conditioned clothes to beat the summer heat     Kuchou-fuku an apparel company has come out with self cooling shirts and jackets in a way to help the environment. These apparels are doing good business. These air-conditioned clothes keep the wearer comfortable even...     JAPAN: Denim exports on the rise     Thanks to growing markets in China and Vietnam Japan’s cotton denim fabrics exports rebounded in the first five months of 2007. In contrast Japan’s exports to Italy have slowed down....     JAPAN: Supermarkets beefing up marketing strategies for clothing business     To revive sluggish clothing sales in comparison to popular clothing specialty stores, large-scale general supermarkets are beefing up their marketing strategies. Clothing business in supermarkets is suffering from slower growth........     JAPAN: Itokin plans new women's wear brand aimed at Japanese and Chinese markets     Apparel retailer Itokin is planning to develop a new women's wear brand aimed at the Japanese and Chinese markets, Nikkei reported......     JAPAN: Eddie Bauer offers clothing range of 450 items     In Japan, Eddie Bauer's 48 stores offer an impressive range of merchandise--its clothing range numbers 450 items in spring/summer and grows to 500 in autumn/winter......     JAPAN: Apparel imports grow 5.9%     Japan's apparel imports rose 5.9 per cent to JPY202.8 billion in value terms for April this year; where as apparel imports in volume terms fell 0.3 per cent in the same month......     JAPAN: Marubeni to exclusively sell OshKosh products in Kyodo     Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with U.S. apparel company OshKosh B'gosh Inc......     JAPAN: Old movies exhibition to promote Kimono     An Osaka-based nonprofit organization promoting traditional clothing as everyday apparel is to offer a film series this month featuring old Japanese movies in which women wear kimono......                 JAPAN Textile News - Apparel/Garments News         JAPAN: UNIQLO store network in Singapore     Japan's casual wear brand UNIQLO to debut in Singapore...     JAPAN: Antique and vintage Indian textiles     Hiroko Iwatate began collecting antique and vintage Indian textiles 37 years ago. Not pieces created as art, but ordinary items — clothing, rugs, quilts, curtains — utilizing skills, techniques and designs passed down by generations of...     JAPAN: Air conditioned clothes to beat the summer heat     Kuchou-fuku an apparel company has come out with self cooling shirts and jackets in a way to help the environment. These apparels are doing good business. These air-conditioned clothes keep the wearer comfortable even...     JAPAN: Denim exports on the rise     Thanks to growing markets in China and Vietnam Japan’s cotton denim fabrics exports rebounded in the first five months of 2007. In contrast Japan’s exports to Italy have slowed down....     JAPAN: Supermarkets beefing up marketing strategies for clothing business     To revive sluggish clothing sales in comparison to popular clothing specialty stores, large-scale general supermarkets are beefing up their marketing strategies. Clothing business in supermarkets is suffering from slower growth........     JAPAN: Itokin plans new women's wear brand aimed at Japanese and Chinese markets     Apparel retailer Itokin is planning to develop a new women's wear brand aimed at the Japanese and Chinese markets, Nikkei reported......     JAPAN: Eddie Bauer offers clothing range of 450 items     In Japan, Eddie Bauer's 48 stores offer an impressive range of merchandise--its clothing range numbers 450 items in spring/summer and grows to 500 in autumn/winter......     JAPAN: Apparel imports grow 5.9%     Japan's apparel imports rose 5.9 per cent to JPY202.8 billion in value terms for April this year; where as apparel imports in volume terms fell 0.3 per cent in the same month......     JAPAN: Marubeni to exclusively sell OshKosh products in Kyodo     Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with U.S. apparel company OshKosh B'gosh Inc......     JAPAN: Old movies exhibition to promote Kimono     An Osaka-based nonprofit organization promoting traditional clothing as everyday apparel is to offer a film series this month featuring old Japanese movies in which women wear kimono......                 JAPAN Textile News - Apparel/Garments News         JAPAN: UNIQLO store network in Singapore     Japan's casual wear brand UNIQLO to debut in Singapore...     JAPAN: Antique and vintage Indian textiles     Hiroko Iwatate began collecting antique and vintage Indian textiles 37 years ago. Not pieces created as art, but ordinary items — clothing, rugs, quilts, curtains — utilizing skills, techniques and designs passed down by generations of...     JAPAN: Air conditioned clothes to beat the summer heat     Kuchou-fuku an apparel company has come out with self cooling shirts and jackets in a way to help the environment. These apparels are doing good business. These air-conditioned clothes keep the wearer comfortable even...     JAPAN: Denim exports on the rise     Thanks to growing markets in China and Vietnam Japan’s cotton denim fabrics exports rebounded in the first five months of 2007. In contrast Japan’s exports to Italy have slowed down....     JAPAN: Supermarkets beefing up marketing strategies for clothing business     To revive sluggish clothing sales in comparison to popular clothing specialty stores, large-scale general supermarkets are beefing up their marketing strategies. Clothing business in supermarkets is suffering from slower growth........     JAPAN: Itokin plans new women's wear brand aimed at Japanese and Chinese markets     Apparel retailer Itokin is planning to develop a new women's wear brand aimed at the Japanese and Chinese markets, Nikkei reported......     JAPAN: Eddie Bauer offers clothing range of 450 items     In Japan, Eddie Bauer's 48 stores offer an impressive range of merchandise--its clothing range numbers 450 items in spring/summer and grows to 500 in autumn/winter......     JAPAN: Apparel imports grow 5.9%     Japan's apparel imports rose 5.9 per cent to JPY202.8 billion in value terms for April this year; where as apparel imports in volume terms fell 0.3 per cent in the same month......     JAPAN: Marubeni to exclusively sell OshKosh products in Kyodo     Trading house Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with U.S. apparel company OshKosh B'gosh Inc......     JAPAN: Old movies exhibition to promote Kimono     An Osaka-based nonprofit organization promoting traditional clothing as everyday apparel is to offer a film series this month featuring old Japanese movies in which women wear kimono......                 JAPAN Textile News - Company Results News         JAPAN: Aeon reports decline in operating profit     Japan's retail group had forecasted an eighth year of record earnings hoping to do well in domestic superstore sales and the appointment of new chief executive at Talbots....     JAPAN: Toray Industries reports business results for nine months     Toray Industries Inc reported here on Feb. 9 its business results for the nine months ended Dec. 31, 2005 of its fiscal year ending March 31, 2006......     JAPAN: Mitsubishi Rayon's fibers reports Q1 results     Mitsubishi Rayon's fibers business has reported a first quarter operating income almost half that of the corresponding three months a year ago......                 JAPAN Textile News - Cotton News         JAPAN: Nanotechnology in cotton fabric     Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken "functional clothing" to a whole new level....     JAPAN: Kanebo Moves Away From Cotton Production     Kanebo Ltd, manufacturer of apparel and cosmetics is ending its domestic production of spun cotton products......     JAPAN: Toyobo To Shut Three Cotton Mills In June     Textile firm Toyobo Co on Wednesday announced it will axe three of its spinning and weaving factories in a move that will cut its domestic cotton spinning capacity by 50 per cent........     JAPAN: Stagnant Cotton Fabric Market For Next S/S 2003     The cotton fabric market has been cool since the mid-August. Only commodity fabrics for bedding are in small demand. Business for the next spring/summer is off-season yet......                 JAPAN Textile News - Expansions News         JAPAN: Mackintosh to grow coats and hats business     Mackintosh Rainwear is building a £50m business in Japan to fund a major fashion re-launch in Europe and the US. Mackintosh is a Scottish company which makes the original waterproof coats. The firm is hoping to follow in the footsteps of...     JAPAN: Fast Retailing plans to expand through Mergers and Acquisitions     Fast Retailing Co Ltd plans to invest up to 400 billion yen ($3.5 billion) on acquisitions. Fast Retailing is one of the biggest Japanese casual wear retailers. The company is known for its famous Uniqlo brand. The company is aiming for a...     JAPAN: Apparel retailer plans to enter Asian market     Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F) has announced its plans to be in Tokyo by 2009. The company has signed a lease for store in Tokyo’s famous Ginza shopping district which will become the apparel merchant’s first shop in Asia....     JAPAN: Uniqlo updates bid for Barneys     Uniqlo’s parent company, Fast Retailing updated its US $900 million proposal to buy luxury chain Barneys in New York. Uniqlo, often called as the Gap of Japan is a...     JAPAN: Knitwear and apparel producer looks to Vietnam     Onward Kashiyama, one of Japan’s largest knitwear and apparel producers is to build a factory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as it scales back some production in China......     JAPAN: Toymaker Tomy expands into baby clothing     Japanese toymaker Tomy said on July 19 that it had bought a baby-clothing company in hopes of diversifying and expanding into other Asian markets......     JAPAN: Apparel retailer plans to expand into US     UNIQLO offers consumers of all ages fashionable, high-quality, value-priced casual separates, with an amazingly diverse array of colors, details, and fabrics......     JAPAN: Gap Japan on expansion drive     The Gap Japan is planning to increase its presence in the country. The company is opening new outlet and is looking at boosting the sales in Japan......     JAPAN: Clothing brand Jaeger to expand     Planning to treble sales over the next two years the luxury clothes brand, Jaeger, is going to expand in Japan......     JAPAN: Burberry Opens Outlet In Tokyo     As per its plans to increase the presence Burberry opened a flagship outlet in Tokyo. The two-level, 6,000-square-foot store offers Burberry's two top collections of men's and women's wear......                 JAPAN Textile News - Fabrics News         JAPAN: Exlan launches acrylate series fabric 'Sapri'     Japan Exlan Co., Ltd. has launched Sapri, a new kind of acrylate series fabric featuring arginine,`an amino acid commonly used in health supplements, drinking water and cosmetics that is known for its excellent moisture absorption......     JAPAN: Honda Motor develops bio-fabric for automobile interiors     Honda Motor Co. has developed bio-fabric, a plant-based fabric with excellent durability and resistance to sunlight, for use as a surface material in automobile interiors; Honda Motor announced here on May 24......     JAPAN: Denim exports continued to decline     Japanese Denim Exports continued to decline into the second half of 2005......     JAPAN: Otsuki invents fabric destroying bird flu strain     Koichi Otsuki has invented a special fabric that destroys the bird flu strain H5N1......     JAPAN: Chameleon shawl automatically changes colour to suit an outfit     Chameleon shawl created by Akira Wakita and colleagues at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, automatically changes colour to suit an outfit......     JAPAN: Clothing coconut fiber with biomath resource     The Shikibo Corporation, extracting the fiber from the palm shell of the palm, developed the technology, which it utilizes in the fiber for the clothing with this as a biomath resource......     JAPAN: Fabric that prevent pollen from clinging- Nanotechnology     The nanotechnology was employed in the process of attaching the tiny particles to the threads' surface. The particles help block pollen from getting into gaps on fabric......     JAPAN: Kuraray develops skin-friendly fabric     Textile maker Kuraray Co. has developed a new synthetic textile that is less irritating to sufferers of atopic dermatitis and other itchy skin problems......     JAPAN: Cos Focusing On Highly Functioning Fabrics     Major Japanese companies are focusing on highly functional fabrics which only they can produce after seeing that......     JAPAN: Omikenshi Develops Fruity Fabric     A new type of fabric has been developed by spinning firm Omikenshi Co, which contains rayon fibre that emits a strong fragrance......                 JAPAN Textile News - Fairs/Exhibitions News         JAPAN: Japan at forefront of a textiles revolution     Japan has been at the forefront of a textiles revolution by combining traditional craft with new technology...j...     JAPAN: HTDC organises ‘Hong Kong Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2007’     The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HTDC) is concurrently organising Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/ Winter 2007 and World Boutique, Hong Kong 2007 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre between January 15 – 18, 2007......     JAPAN: India to hold 16th textiles fair at the Sunshine City     The India Trade Promotion Organization said about 55 Indian companies will exhibit interior fabrics, including bed linen, kitchen fabric, curtain and lag mat......     JAPAN: Toray to hold textile exhibition in Shanghai     Japan based leading fibre manufacturer, Toray Industries, Inc., is holding an exhibition of its new textiles for spring/summer 2005 in Shanghai June 22-23......     JAPAN: Pak Textiles On Display In Tokyo     An exhibition of textiles from Pakistan is running at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan) in Tokyo till May 23......     JAPAN: Textile Fair In November     From November 24-27 an international exhibition of textile products titled Japantext will be held in Japan......     JAPAN: Chinese Textile Show In March     Following the China Textile & Apparel Trade Show held in Osaka in 2003 China Textile & Apparel Trade Show will be held from March 14 to 17 in Tokyo......     JAPAN: Lingerie And Beauty Sector To Benefit From Simultaneous Exhibition     The simultaneous exhibition of lingerie and beauty products will benefit both the sector, according to the organizers of the event......                 JAPAN Textile News - Fashion News         JAPAN: Fashion show to strengthen business ties     To celebrate the India-Japan friendship year, a fashion show featuring two fashion designers, Hiroko Koshino from Japan and Manish Arora from India, was held at a hotel in Osaka....     JAPAN: ‘Japan Fashion Week’ exemplifies wide diversity of fashion design     The Japan Fashion Week which has been scheduled here in the city at Tokyo landmark, the Imperial Hotel from March 12-20, 2007 has kicked of with a range of......     JAPAN: Gyaru fashions sets store floor at Shibuya     A new department store floor has been set up in Shibuya, Tokyo at 109-(2) for men seeking to wear Gyaru fashions......     JAPAN: 3rd Japan fashion week kicks off in Tokyo     The third Japan fashion week started on September 4 in Tokyo at Tokyo International Forum in the city's Yurakucho district. The theme 'Theatre products' was molded into a colorful world of fantasy baby pink, mint green, mimosa and lavender designs......     JAPAN: Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto signs up deal with Mandarina Duck     Japanese fashion guru Yohji Yamamoto has signed up with Italian luggage firm Mandarina Duck......     JAPAN: Fashion week in Tokyo from Oct 31-Nov 9     Japan's fashion industry is renowned for making high quality merchandise for a large and very demanding domestic market, but the nation's flagship catwalk fashion event......     JAPAN: Largest fashion event ever in Japan to be launched this autumn     Preparations for Japan Fashion Week have already begun in Tokyo. The largest fashion event ever in Japan, will be launched this autumn through joint public and private initiatives that hope to surpass the fashion capital of Paris......     JAPAN: Japan fashion week to be held in October     A large tent will reportedly be set up in a Tokyo park for the event, which is scheduled to run from the end of October to the beginning of November. It will be promoted as "a Paris collection with a Tokyo style......     JAPAN: Customers make beeline for Prada     The internationally acclaimed Prada label was established by Mario Prada in Milan in 1913. But it did not become a major fashion house until the late 1970s, when the founder's granddaughter, Miuccia Prada, started designing for the firm......     JAPAN: Chanel Logo Cleared For Tokyo Forum     Luxury brand Chanel K.K. won the right to emblazon its logo on the glass building of the Tokyo International Forum complex in Chiyoda Ward, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said recently......