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Hey guys, I got a little over-ambitious this time 'round and put together what might be the biggest denim interview in history. Had to break the dang thing in two! I got in touch with everyone I could think of in the denim world here in Japan and asked them some questions about how they are dealing with the coronavirus situation, how it's affecting their companies, their towns, their families, and themselves. The response was larger than I had anticipated and, after a week straight of translating, eet ees done! Pretty heavyweight lineup if I may be so bold as to say so : Pure Blue Japan founder Kenichi Iwaya Iron Heart founder Shinichi Haraki Momotaro/Japan Blue COO (and son of founder) Katsu Manabe Samurai founder Toru Nogami Tanuki tactical magician Minoru Tanaka Full Count founder Miki Tsujita Resolute founder (and ex-Denime) Yoshiyuki Hayashi Okayama Denim founder Merv Sethi Graph Zero founder Tetsuya Suzuki Denimio founder Mahoto Harada Studio D'Artisan manager Yuji Tamanaha Cottle founder Toshiaki Watanabe TCB founder Hajime Inoue Hope some of you will find some enjoyment in it. Stay safe and take care! Denim Distancing: Japanese Denim and Covid-19

Thanks for the kind words! Stay tuned for an SDA interview in the near future.

Hey, thanks for the link. Hope you guys enjoy the interview. SDA...I believe your wish will soon be reality.

For you Momotaro and Japan Blue fans, I've just put up my two-part interview of Hisao and Katsu Manabe if you're interested. Enjoy! Part One Part Two

http://www.japanalogue.com Interview with Ken Iwaya of PBJ is up. Enjoy. :)

Wake up Iron Heart fans! Check out my interviews of the two Iron Heart bosses here. First, Shinichi Haraki: https://www.japanalogue.com/qa-with-iron-hearts-shinichi-haraki/ And Iron Heart International boss Giles Padmore: https://www.japanalogue.com/giles-padmore/ Cheers!

For all you Samurai fans, just did a super fun interview with Nogami-san from Samurai. Check it out! https://www.japanalogue.com/samurai-boss/ Cheers! Dave

Interviews with Shinichi Haraki of Iron Heart and Toru Nogami of Samurai are up. I'm not selling anything or advertising anything so hopefully it's okay to post a link here. Hopefully will be of interest to some of you. Enjoy! www.japanalogue.com

Hey guys, I'm going to be meeting up with Tagaya-san, co-founder of Stevenson Overall Co. next week (August 29th) to do an in-depth interview with him. If you guys have any questions you want answered I could probably work a few of them into the interview. I'm working on a denim site that will be online in a few weeks and I'm starting out by interviewing a lot of the heavy-hitters in the denim world. It's all just for fun; I won't be making money or advertising anything. Anyway, if any of you SOC fans have any burning questions for Tagaya-san, let me know!

Hey guys, I'm going to be meeting up with Iwaya-san (owner of PBJ) next week (August 28th) to do an in-depth interview with him. If you guys have any questions you want answered I could probably work a few of them into the interview. I'm working on a denim site that will be online in a few weeks and I'm starting out by interviewing a lot of the heavy-hitters in the denim world. It's all just for fun; I won't be making money or advertising anything. Anyway, if any of you PBJ fans have any burning questions for Iwaya-san, let me know!