adding that the weak yen and a tourism boom could boost sales of made-in-Japan jeans. Momotaro Jeans is named after a folklore hero in Okayama, where Kojima is located. It's part of the wider ...

Japanese denim will be in the spotlight at Kingpins Amsterdam. The B2B denim event announced on Thursday that a dedicated ...

I’m quite a Japanese denim fan and have been ordering custom-made Okayama "aka-mimi" (red ears) jeans for decades. For the uninitiated, “red ears” refer to a denim fabric woven with a ...

vintage fade right out of the box—faster than you can say “Did you know my jeans were made using historic mills in Japan?” The slower fading process might be a drawback for some (but a boon ...

It includes Lee’s 101J jackets as well as its 101B jeans, each made in both Japanese loomstate selvedge denim and all-cotton herringbone twill. The true pièce de résistance, though ...