A secondhand pop-up store in Tokyo operated recently by casual clothing giant Uniqlo was a first for the Japanese firm, but is 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 Japan, the world's third-biggest clothes market, growing awareness of the sector's huge environmental impact has yet to spark much interest in secondhand options.
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