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 ...

In Japan, the term “mottainai” – loosely translated to “what a waste” – has deep roots. Originating from a Buddhist belief that every object has intrinsic value and should be utilized for its full ...

Tokyo has easily become one of the most eclectic cities for fashion, judging from street style alone. That sense of mixing and matching to create styles that seem wholly original stems from Japanese ...

JAL will test Any Wear, Anywhere between July 5 and Aug. 31 of next year. Photo Credit: Alphonsus Jimos/Shutterstock Japan Airlines (JAL) will test a clothing-rental program next summer. The Any Wear, ...

BELDANGI ONE REFUGEE CAMP, Nepal, March 1 (UNHCR) - Japan's popular Uniqlo casual clothing chain has distributed 50,000 pieces of second-hand clothing to refugees at this camp in eastern Nepal. The ...

Your used clothes might go straight in the dump, or they might travel the world before being burned in an open fire. Here's why. Laura wrote about e-commerce and Amazon, and she occasionally covered ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A major Japanese clothing store is coming back to San Francisco four years after closing its flagship store downtown. Uniqlo will be making its comeback at 801 Market St., which ...

As someone with a lot of clothes and limited storage space, my bedroom drawers are one of the first areas in my home to become a disorganized mess. And believe me when I say I've tried everything to ...