What's cooler than being naked? Wearing air-conditioned clothing, of course.
Japanese entrepreneur Hiroshi Ichigaya is selling jackets, shirts and pants outfitted with battery-powered "personal cooling systems".
Small fans circulate so much air over the wearer's body that a 31C room feels comfortable, according to journalists from America's ABC News who tested the clothing.
This would be just another quirky news-of-the-weird type profile were it not for the demand caused by post-tsunami power shortages.
Japan's residents have been asked to cut energy use by 15 per cent. So they're resorting to this clothing brand - called Kuchofuku - to save money.
