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In this photo taken on April 19, 2017, Sidney Toledano (2nd L), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guides Japan's Princess Takamado (L) during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Weak economy. Tight-fisted shoppers. A shrinking population. Japan doesn't exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you'd never know it in Ginza -- Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees in Paris or New York's 5th Avenue -- where a new 13-storey upscale mall is proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY JAPAN-LUXURY-ECONOMY-HIGH SOCIETY-MARKETING-FASHION,FOCUS BY ANNE BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on April 19, 2017, Sidney Toledano (2nd L), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guides Japan's Princess Takamado (L) during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Weak economy. Tight-fisted shoppers. A shrinking population. Japan doesn't exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you'd never know it in Ginza -- Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees in Paris or New York's 5th Avenue -- where a new 13-storey upscale mall is proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY JAPAN-LUXURY-ECONOMY-HIGH SOCIETY-MARKETING-FASHION,FOCUS BY ANNE BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
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In this photo taken on April 19, 2017, Sidney Toledano (C/L), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guides Japan's Princess Takamado (R) during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Weak economy. Tight-fisted shoppers. A shrinking population. Japan doesn't exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you'd never know it in Ginza -- Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees in Paris or New York's 5th Avenue -- where a new 13-storey upscale mall is proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY JAPAN-LUXURY-ECONOMY-HIGH SOCIETY-MARKETING-FASHION,FOCUS BY ANNE BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

In this photo taken on April 19, 2017, Sidney Toledano (C/L), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guides Japan's Princess Takamado (R) during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. Weak economy. Tight-fisted shoppers. A shrinking population. Japan doesn't exactly fit the image of a spending powerhouse these days. But you'd never know it in Ginza -- Tokyo's answer to the Champs-Elysees in Paris or New York's 5th Avenue -- where a new 13-storey upscale mall is proving that Japan is still a whale in the luxury business. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY JAPAN-LUXURY-ECONOMY-HIGH SOCIETY-MARKETING-FASHION,FOCUS BY ANNE BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
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This picture taken on April 19, 2017 shows Sidney Toledano (R), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guiding Japan's Princess Takamado during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Anne BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on April 19, 2017 shows Sidney Toledano (R), president and chief executive officer of Christian Dior Couture, guiding Japan's Princess Takamado during a preview of Dior's new shop at the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. / AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Anne BEADE (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
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