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Issey Miyake's A-POC Able weaves a JAXA satellite image of Antarctica into jeans, on show at 21_21 Design Sight
Issey Miyake Inc. is showing jeans woven -- not printed -- with an Antarctic ice image captured by JAXA's climate satellite Shikisai, alongside a University of Tokyo-developed fabric prototype, at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo through November 19: a homegrown pairing of Japanese design and space-agency science, with no price or sale yet stated.
Pomellato dresses four Japanese guests, including actress Yayako Uchida, for a Kering 'Women in Motion' dinner
Pomellato Japan K.K. placed its jewellery on four Japanese guests -- including actress Yayako Uchida (内田也哉子) and multi-hyphenate kemio -- at the 2026 Kering 'Women in Motion' dinner on October 27, the maison's own release said, without naming a venue.
maruni and minä perhonen mark ten years of collaboration with a mosaic-chair capsule
Hiroshima furniture maker maruni Wood Industry and textile house minä perhonen are marking a decade of joint projects with a new capsule of mosaic chairs and limited-run rugs, sold only at maruni's four directly run Japan stores -- a bet on craft storytelling over discounting.
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide wins a HICAP M&A award for its Ace Group deal, and names Ace Hotel Fukuoka for 2027
Seibu Prince Hotels Worldwide, the overseas arm of Japan's Prince Hotels group, says it has won a Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific award for its 2025 purchase of Ace Group International, and used the announcement to confirm Ace Hotel Fukuoka for 2027 -- bringing a lifestyle-hotel brand it bought abroad back onto Japanese soil.
A vintage-Hermès specialist opens its first single-brand store, in Tokyo's Aoyama
Eight Inc., the vintage-luxury retailer behind VINTAGE QOO TOKYO, opens its first store dedicated solely to vintage Hermès in Aoyama on November 16, carrying about 1,000 pieces including Birkin and Kelly bags -- an independent bet on Tokyo's growing resale floor, with no partnership from Hermès itself.