'Fast fashion' boom heating up Tokyo's Harajuku area

'Fast fashion' boom heating up Tokyo's Harajuku area

TOKYO, Japan - Two women smile after shopping at an outlet of Forever 21, a U.S. clothing chain, in Tokyo's Harajuku district on June 6.

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