A customer visits a secondhand clothes shop in the Harajuku district of Tokyo - Copyright AFP Philip FONG A customer visits a secondhand clothes shop in the Harajuku ...

Japan aims to reduce clothes waste by 25 percent by fiscal 2030 compared with 10 years before to address the environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions-heavy garment production. The move to ...

‘Used in Japan’: Rakuten and eBay to test used Japanese fashion in the U.S. The tie-up comes amid an investment and tourism boom in Japan, partly fueled by the yen's slide that has made the country's ...

The Environment Ministry plans to compile by March an action plan aimed at reducing large amounts of clothing waste from households. The action plan is expected to include measures to be taken by ...

This file photo shows a large amount of clothing waste taken to a landfill. (Photo courtesy of the World Economic Forum)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan aims to reduce clothes waste by 25 percent by ...