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LOUIS VUITTON

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bag as he visits the Louis Vuitton Rochambeau Ranch leather workshop in Keene, Texas, in 2019.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 10, 2025
LVMH finds making Louis Vuitton bags messy in Texas
Former staff say Louis Vuitton’s Texas plant wastes up to 40% of leather and encouraged defect coverups to hit targets.
A Louis Vuitton store under construction in the Sanlitun area of Beijing on Oct. 12
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2024
LVMH sales drop as Chinese demand for costly handbags cools
Organic revenue at its key fashion and leather goods unit fell 5% in the third quarter, its worst performance since the second quarter of 2020.
Wealthy Chinese shoppers are buying luxury goods in Japan to take advantage of favorable exchange rates, which is hurting European luxury brands' profitability.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 8, 2024
Big Luxury frets that China is turning Japanese
Wealthy Chinese shoppers are buying luxury goods in Japan to take advantage of favorable exchange rates, which is hurting European luxury brands' profitability.
Counterfeit nail products branded with the logo of Louis Vuitton
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 28, 2024
Aichi woman referred to prosecutors for selling counterfeit nail products
She allegedly sold nail products bearing the logos of luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Chanel via social media and flea market apps.
LVMH CEO Antoine Arnault (left), LVMH head Bernard Arnault (center) and Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguer pose at a news conference announcing the luxury titan as a premium sponsor of the Paris Games on Monday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2023
LVMH strikes Paris Olympics sponsorship deal
The agreement has been expected to cost around €150 million ($166 million) and involve promotions focused on the group as well as its largest fashion and champagne labels.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 18, 2023
Is this Yayoi Kusama's final evolution?
A recent branding campaign with luxury brand Louis Vuitton raises the question: Is she still interesting?
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2021
A glimpse of Louis Vuitton’s luxe Le Cafe V Ginza
The French fashion house collaborated with chef Yosuke Suga to design the menu — and the world's first Louis Vuitton chocolates.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Sep 10, 2019
Fashion is a game with a dress code to crack
Fashion can be identified as a game: The rules are not clear, but there are conducts to be observed, codes to be broken, winners, losers and, finally, stylistic exhaustion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jul 31, 2018
Bertrand Lavier's 'Medley' blows hot and cold
Bertrand Lavier seems to relish messing with our cognitive dissonance. As the self-taught artist, who originally studied horticulture, put it in a 2016 interview, 'Art is a matter of paradoxes on nearly every level.'
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Nov 5, 2017
Tokyo welcomes Designart
Last month saw the launch of Designart — the capital's new annual collection of exhibitions that bring together Japanese and overseas creators for collaborations on product design and objets d'art. Here are a few picks that showcase the inaugural event's embrace of color, versatility and humanitarianism.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Apr 23, 2017
Street style always looks back and forward
Style has always referenced the past, even though it's focused on the future. With spring heralding new looks and summer already approaching fast, new collaborations, brands and innovations are making their mark in stores now.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Jan 9, 2016
Avatar models, Sanrio menswear and disheveled clothing — fashion at its oddest
Louis Vuitton is being struck by Lightning
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: FASHION
Dec 9, 2013
December offers Tokyo style and makeup shows, plus even more new high-end stores
Fashionably made up with Shiseido
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / ON: FASHION
Sep 9, 2013
Louis Vuitton celebrates its muses, while Control Bear heads its own store
Louis Vuitton is celebrating six of its designer's 'muses' in an interactive exhibition at the Tokyo Station Hotel. 'Timeless Muses' honors supermodel Kate Moss, film director Sofia Coppola, French actress Catherine Deneuve, novelist Franu00e7oise Sagan, architect Charlotte Perriand and, to bring the 'timeless' into context, 19th-century French Empress consort Eugu00e9nie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III.
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Onosato's yokozuna promotion causes rare quirk in new sumo rankings
Newly promoted yokozuna Onosato holds a copy of the latest banzuke ranking in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, on Monday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Over 900 earthquakes strike Tokara islands in space of two weeks
A screenshot shows many quakes occurring in the Tokara islands over the past 30 days, in this image taken from the U.S. Geological Survey website.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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