Japanese fashion has never really been a successfully influential vehicle for protest movements and political statements.
There have been attempts, such as the design collective Ha-Ha, which again became the enfant terrible of Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo in March with its ongoing targeted and earnest presentations that address social issues specific to the city, such as tactile paved runways highlighting accessibility issues, and the use of disabled and elderly models to remind viewers of the lack of diversity in fashion. But Japan still hasn't quite achieved an identity-led movement that brands in the West have been known for.