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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Etienne BALMER

Second-hand Clothes Finally Take Off In Japan

A customer visits a secondhand clothes shop in the Harajuku district of Tokyo (Credit: AFP)

A second-hand pop-up store in Tokyo by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but also a sign that a local aversion to used garments may finally be fading.

Uniqlo is a major player in an industry blamed for immense carbon emissions and other pollutants like microplastics.

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