Loincloths are being marketed by the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza district as a feature product for the summer months ahead, it has emerged. A boom in the sale of loincloths has been seen since last spring..."They're unconstrained and have got good ventilation, and they're suited for Japan's humid summers," a department store official said. The store predicts that that a full-scale loincloth boom is imminent...more...