Japan sees surge in demand for cold-weather items

From specially fitted desk gloves that leave the fingers free to type and feature a hole in a watch, to the revival of 80 s-style leg warmers, cold-weather items are seen as a cost-efficient means of contributing to national efforts to save energy.

From the beginning of the month, Loft sales of such items saw a 60% increase over the same period last year, said Yui Takahashi, press relations manager at the chain s store in Tokyo's Shibuya district.

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