1.   Meanwhile the Japanese textile industry will be invited to a major Tencel fashion show in Tokyo in September.

2.   He cut coats, supple and roomy, like bathrobes, one with heat-set pleating, a marriage of Japanese textile advances and French luxury.

3.   Still others look at schools of art, such as Edo-period paintings of secular subjects, or genres, such as Japanese folk textiles.

4.   A ministry official said the decision came after Japanese textile manufacturers complained that a steep increase in cheap fabric imports is hurting their business.

5.   But in recent years Japanese textile companies have cut production and shifted workers to other sectors because of sluggish demand for high-priced domestic products.

6.   Ironically, Japanese textile exporters were long a target of the arrangement, which was adopted after a Japan-U.S. dispute.

7.   Japanese textile industry groups have complained that imports of cotton poplin and broadcloth, mainly from China, are damaging the domestic industry.

8.   Murayama said the Japanese textile industry is facing difficulties because of the rapid increase in textile imports from China.

9.   Japanese textile manufacturers at the exhibition said prospective buyers were happy with the quality but unable to understand or accept the high prices.