Article: `MOORE' COACH STORES IN JAPAN.

Byline: Tsukasa Furukawa

NAGOYA, Japan -- For pop star and Coach spokesmodel Mandy Moore, her recent visit to Japan was as much about the handbags as it was about the food.

"I love sushi," she said at a press conference here.

The singer, actress and designer was in town to celebrate the opening of Coach's newest flagship in Nagoya, as well as headline its free Play for Peace concert in Tokyo. More than 7,500 fans packed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium last Saturday to see Moore perform with N.E.R.D. and Mika Nakashima.

Earlier in the week, Moore joined Coach chairman and chief executive officer Lew Frankfort and Kenichi Nagasawa, director of Sumitomo ...

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