Friday October 19 8:25 AM ET Firm to Launch Metal-Free Bra TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese firm is launching a metal-free bra in response to tighter airport security procedures worldwide following last month's attacks on the United States, Kyodo news agency reported Friday. Triumph International (Japan) Ltd said it had decided to develop the bra because the tiny metallic fasteners on more usual brassieres had been triggering alarms on airport security detectors, Kyodo said. Some 500 of what are being called the Frequent Flyers' Bras are to go on sale online from December, Kyodo quoted the company, the Japanese branch of Germany's Triumph group, as saying. The firm could not be immediately reached for comment. Instead of metal wires and hooks, the new bra incorporates resinous wires and nonmagnetic metal hooks that do not trigger metal detector alarms. The bra, available in white, orange and blue, will be sold as a set with matching panties for 3,800 yen ($31.40). Airport authorities should welcome the new bra because security personnel take ``considerable labor and time to identify what sets off metal detectors, resulting in slow immigration and boarding procedures,'' Kyodo quoted Triumph as saying. Copyright 2001 Reuters Limited