For Akio Sato, whose electronic components company and home were decimated in the massive Tohoku tsunami seven years ago, starting a fashion business that would one day receive a royal endorsement was all but impossible to imagine.The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami destroyed Japan's northeastern coast on March 11, 2011, dealing a devastating blow to the lives of many, including Sato and his Minamisanriku-based business which produced cables and other parts used in electronic devices.Sato, 67, resumed operation of his company less than a month after the calamity by renting an o…READ FULL ARTICLE
