LVMH proposes new Japan ties in top-level visit

05/05/2022
LVMH proposes new Japan ties in top-level visit
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno, received LVMH executives including group chairman and chief executive, Bernard Arnault, plus LVMH Japan president, Norbert Leuret, during a May get-together at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo. 

The meeting represented Mr Arnault’s first official visit with a Japanese government representative.

Notably, LVMH made the following three proposals: when Japanese-made materials are used, the group will disclose this in global product descriptions; cooperation with local suppliers will be strengthened; collaboration with Japanese artists and artisans will be further promoted across the group. 

LVMH inaugurated the first Asian edition of its Institut des Métiers d’Excellence vocational training programme in Japan last year

A handbag from LVMH-owned brand Louis Vuitton’s 2003 collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Credit: Cudoni