About JFW Organization
Aims
The Japan Fashion Week Organization (hereinafter referred to as, "JFW Organization") was established in 2005 with the cooperation of the textile/fashion manufacturers, fashion designers and distributers, so both the upstream and downstream side for the purpose of further strengthening and developing the international competitiveness of Japan’s textile and fashion industries.
The JFW Organization hosts the "Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO" as the Collection Business, and the "Premium Textile Japan", "JFW Japan Creation" as the Textile Business in order to disseminate information about Japan’s superior textile/fashion products and services overseas and establish Tokyo as "only one the base for textiles and fashion in the world" and the center of fashion trendsetting in Asia.
In addition, in order to achieve the objectives mentioned previously the JFW Organization works in consort with designers, manufacturers and apparel retailers to implement various industry related events and aims to strengthen ties with fashion related organizations both in Japan and overseas.
Business Overview
JFW Organization brings together manufacturers in the textile and fashion industries, fashion designers and distributors that share the same passion to collaborate and conduct the following businesses with "creativity", "craftsmanship", and "trading" at its foundation.
Business
Collection Business
Collection show, Installationrakutenfashionweektokyo.com
Textile Business
Premium Textile Japanwww.ptjapan.com
JFW JAPAN CREATIONwww.japancreation.com/index2.html
Related Businesses
TOKYO FASHION AWARDhttps://tokyo-fashion-award.jp/
FASHION PRIZE OF TOKYOhttps://fashion-prize-of-tokyo.jp/
OUTLINE of ORGANIZATION
Japan Fashion Week Organization Board members and Auditors［June 10, 2024］
| Board chairperson | Tsuyoshi Shimoji | President and CEO, TSI HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
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| Vice-chairperson | Toru Kutsuzawa | Senior Vice President, Fibers & Textiles Division, Toray Industries, Inc. |
| Michinobu Yasumoto | President and CEO, ONWARD HOLDINGS CO., LTD. | |
| Executive director | Nobuyuki Ota | President, MD03 Inc.(Collection Program Representative) |
| Tsunenori Suzuki | Chairman, Japan Apparel・Fashion Industry Council | |
| Hideto Takeuchi | Executive Officer, President, Textile Company, ITOCHU CORPORATION | |
| Kenichi Tomiyoshi | Vice Chairman, Japan Chemical Fibers Association | |
| Hideaki Nagai | President, INSTITUTE FOR THE FASHION INDUSTRIES | |
| Michio Fukuda | Chairman of The Board, Adastria Co., Ltd. | |
| Takashi Yamakawa | Executive Officer, Life service business Manager, TOKYU CORPORATION | |
| Tatsuya Yoshimoto | Chairman, Japan Department Stores Association | |
| Auditor | Yuji Hasegawa | President, Japan Apparel・Fashion Industry Council |
| Takeru Yamashita | President, Japan Fashion Association |
The members of the Japan Fashion Week Organization
| Organization chart JFW organization chart - as of July 2022 | PDF DOWNLOAD | |
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| Representative | Tsuyoshi Shimoji, Chair man, Japan Fashion Association Japan Fashion Week Organization International 6th Floor, Giraffa Bldg., 1-6-10 Hiro, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012 Tel +81 (3) 6805-0965 [JFW Secretariat] Fax +81 (3) 6805-0793 [Shared] | |
