Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2023
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.
It has ridden a wave of consumers buying, and throwing away, ever more clothes.
But in J