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Japan plus-size industry holds strong despite weight stigma, rise of AI

The body positivity movement may have cooled since its 2010s peak, but Japan’s plus-size industry remains resilient thanks to tight-knit communities, even as weight stigma lingers and artificial intelligence could mark another turning point. In Japan, the movement has largely been grassroots, with social media driving change over the past 15 years. “Before (social media), the average person was just a passive viewer. There were media outlets providing information, and people consumed it,” said Jun Takai, representative director of la farfa. READ: It’s 2021, and fashion still snubs the plus size “But now we have platforms where people can actually […]... Keep on reading: Japan plus-size industry holds strong despite weight stigma, rise of AI

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