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NPO to build traditional underwear factory in Thailand

KOCHI, Japan - Hidehiro Tamaki, head of a nonprofit organization, holds a "fundoshi" traditional undergarment for men in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 25, 2014. The organization plans to build a fundoshi production factory in Thailand to provide local impoverished children with an opportunity to receive vocational training and is currently collecting donations through crowdfunding on the Internet.

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Rental shops for pets, undergarments, bikes thriving amid slump

KYOTO, Japan - Undergarment maker Embelline Marketing Co. in Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Nov. 26, 2009 rents its underclothes and lingerie out on the Internet.

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Underwear-maker Wacoal to open online fitting service

OSAKA, Japan - Leading Japanese undergarment maker Wacoal Corp. will launch Aug. 22 a new online fitting service for women, and begin selling some of its products over the Internet. Wacoal will begin ''fit navi'' on its Web site (http://www.wacoal.co.jp), which will allow women aged 18 to 64 to know how their sizes will typically change every five years. Users will be required to input their age, height, weight and bust-waist-hips measurements for computers to calculate changes based on data from over 30,000 Japanese women.

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Advert for Fitu corsets 1934

\'Controlled curves\'. A wraparound figure form designed for large hip figures. Boned underbelt for extra control of abdomen and hips. Hookside fastening. 1934

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Advert for Le Gant corsets for the larger women 1936

\'Le Gant\' \'of youthlastic stretches allways\'. For the larger women. Yes! \'Le Gant\' does give the woman of larger proportions perfect figure control and . . . . with supreme comfort - that degree of comfort which banishes corset consciousness. Women with bust measurements up to 46 inches tell us that \'Le Gant\' is marvellous, it gives such a firm back with complete abdominal control, and takes inches off hips - really there is nothing quite like \'Le Gant\'. Try a \'Le Gant\' - you can fit them, and forget you are wearing corsets.1936

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Rental shops for pets, undergarments, bikes thriving amid slump

KYOTO, Japan - Undergarment maker Embelline Marketing Co. in Kyoto's Yamashina Ward on Nov. 26, 2009 rents its underclothes and lingerie out on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Woman playing a blindfold game (treasure mine and gold mine)

Young women are enjoying a game in a Japanese garden with stone lanterns. Their sashes are tied in loose darari-musubi style, and they are wearing bokkuri wooden clogs. The red colour of the juban (undergarment) is peeping through the hem of their kimono. They are of course posing for this photograph. The English title on the lower left reads GIRLS PLAYING. This is a typical photograph produced for foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐14‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Three women are dancing together in a group. A young geiko in the centre has doffed one of the sleeves of her kimono, revealing the colourful undergarment. Two older geiko are dancing at each side in the same style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐40‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Three women from the merchant class are dancing together. The woman in the centre has both sleeves off at the shoulder and wears a colourful undergarment. The women on each side wear slightly more subdued kimono and hand towels on the head.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐34‐0]

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A girl with hair ornaments

The woman has her hair arranged in warikarako style (like marumage for married women), with floral hairpins, kogai pins and karako-chirimen crepe on the head. She is wearing a furisode kimono, and the collar of her undergarment is revealed to a considerable degree. This is a stereograph taken in Nagasaki by Wilhelm Burger.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Wilhelm Burger, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐25‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Three women are dancing together in a group. A young geiko in the centre has doffed one of the sleeves of her kimono, revealing the colourful undergarment. Two older geiko are dancing at each side in the same style.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐154‐0]

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A woman holding a small model boat

A young woman holds a wooden model ship in one hand and a branch in the other. The little ship may be a yakata-bune (banquet houseboat). The red juban (undergarment visible at the hem of her kimono and her wooden clogs catch the eye. This is a coloured photograph taken in a studio that probably provided the pail and flower pots as props.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐111‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Three women from the merchant class are dancing together. The woman in the centre has both sleeves off at the shoulder and wears a colourful undergarment. The women on each side wear slightly more subdued kimono and hand towels on the head.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐81‐0]

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NPO to build traditional underwear factory in Thailand

KOCHI, Japan - Hidehiro Tamaki, head of a nonprofit organization, holds a "fundoshi" traditional undergarment for men in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 25, 2014. The organization plans to build a fundoshi production factory in Thailand to provide local impoverished children with an opportunity to receive vocational training and is currently collecting donations through crowdfunding on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Saber, Kimono Undergarment and Military Accessories (Belongings of a Deceased?)

Saber, Kimono Undergarment and Military Accessories (Belongings of a Deceased?)==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Underwear-maker Wacoal to open online fitting service

OSAKA, Japan - Leading Japanese undergarment maker Wacoal Corp. will launch Aug. 22 a new online fitting service for women, and begin selling some of its products over the Internet. Wacoal will begin ''fit navi'' on its Web site (http://www.wacoal.co.jp), which will allow women aged 18 to 64 to know how their sizes will typically change every five years. Users will be required to input their age, height, weight and bust-waist-hips measurements for computers to calculate changes based on data from over 30,000 Japanese women.