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Wednesday, 21 October 2026 · Tokyo

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Daily news and analysis on the business of luxury in Japan.

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Editorial illustration — an evening reception in a traditional Japanese garden setting, lantern light and a silhouette figure in a dance pose.
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Cartier stages its new high-jewellery collection's second chapter in Kyoto

Cartier stages the second chapter of its new high-jewellery collection in Kyoto, with a kabuki performance and Sofia Coppola among the guests.

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A quiet luxury floor with a rack of soft knitwear and a silhouette shopper, one brass accent.
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Brunello Cucinelli stages a winter outerwear capsule on Hankyu Umeda's luxury floor

Brunello Cucinelli's October Capsule Collection takes Hankyu Umeda's fifth-floor luxury stage from October 21, with outerwear priced as high as ¥1.485 million, the latest in a run of European maisons using the same floor this autumn.

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Editorial illustration — a mountain resort hotel under construction amid pine forest and distant peaks, a crane rising against the skyline.
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Palace Hotel breaks ground on a 69-room Hakone resort, aiming for 2029

Palace Hotel breaks ground on a 69-room mountain resort in Hakone on the site of its former Hakone Kanko Hotel, with opening planned for autumn 2029.

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Korea's Shinsegae runs a six-day pop-up inside Shibuya Scramble Square

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The Frankie Shop makes its first direct Japan sale, at a Shibuya PARCO pop-up

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Autry launches a Snoopy capsule and opens a new store at Kobe Hankyu

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Hankyu Men's Osaka pairs a Kiryu embroidery artisan with three Japanese labels

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John Masters Organics renews its Yurakucho Marui store with a design by Teruhiro Yanagihara

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Beauty-appliance brand LINKA gets a showcase inside Daimaru Tokyo's experimental 'asumise' floor

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Retail & luxury earnings

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The big luxury groups' latest reported sales, and how each did in Japan.

Latest resultsLVMH's nine-month revenue holds at €57.1bn as Japan posts "good growth" while China coolsLVMH reported nine-month 2026 revenue of €57.1 billion, up 2% organically, as third-quarter growth reflected a less buoyant China while the group named the United States, Europe and Japan as markets with good growth -- a reading that matters doubly in Japan, since Fashion & Leather Goods, the division built around Vuitton and Dior, was the only one still shrinking organically.
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Chanel LimitedSales, Jan–Dec 2025$19.3bn+3.0%vs a year earlierJapan salesNot disclosedNo separate Japan figure. Asia Pacific, which includes Japan, was Chanel's only shrinking region: $9.18bn, down 0.6% (0.8% excluding currency swings), yet still 47.7% of sales (floortok's arithmetic).HermèsSales, Jan–Jun 2026€8.20bn+1.6%vs a year earlierJapan sales+11.0%Excludes currency swings (Hermès's own figure).KeringSales, Jan–Jun 2026€7.20bn−3.0%vs a year earlierJapan sales+2.0%Excludes currency swings and changes in which businesses Kering owns. Before those adjustments, Japan sales fell 10%.LVMHSales, Jan–Sep 2026€57.1bn−2.0%vs a year earlierQ3 alone (Jul–Sep 2026)€18.5bnJapan salesNot disclosedLVMH's nine-month update gives no Japan figure. It said the third quarter saw good growth in the United States, Europe and Japan, while China was less buoyant.Prada GroupSales, Jan–Jun 2026€3.00bn+11.0%vs a year earlierJapan sales+6.0%Prada's own-store sales, excluding currency swings and now including Versace. Without Versace: up 2%. In euros: down 7%.RichemontSales, Apr–Jun 2026€6.30bn+17.0%vs a year earlierJapan sales+36.0%Excludes currency swings. Including them, Japan sales rose 20%.

On the Floor

On now

  • Pop-up
    Hankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, OsakaUntil 20 Oct
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    Hankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, OsakaUntil 20 Oct
  • Pop-up
    Isetan Shinjuku · Shinjuku, TokyoUntil 20 Oct
  • Pop-up
    JR Nagoya Takashimaya · NagoyaUntil 20 Oct

Coming up

  • Exhibition
    Hanshin Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka21 Oct – 27 Oct
  • Pop-up
    Hankyu Umeda Main Store · Umeda, Osaka21 Oct – 3 Nov
  • Pop-up
    Daimaru Tokyo · Tokyo Station, Tokyo21 Oct – 19 Jan
  • Seasonal
    Daimaru Umeda · Umeda, Osaka21 Oct – 3 Nov

Elsewhere in retail

Updated 20 Oct, 10:45

Headlines from the Japanese and international trade press — read each in full at the source.

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