New hotels in Japan: The standout openings to book in 2026

New hotels in Japan: The standout openings to book in 2026

Lifestyle

Tommy Hilfiger’s F1 Miami Capsule Is Almost Fully Sold Out Online (But We Found a Way to Get the Viral Pieces in Two Days)
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Shop Tommy Hilfiger x Cadillac F1 Clothing Before...
From the Archive: The Evolution of the Met Gala, From Society Supper to Global Spectacle
It’s been said that the best way to get a party started is to bring your friends. That’s exactly how the Met Gala, fashion’s most coveted invitation of the...
Inside Paris’ Most Fashionable Pilates Studio
Before he ever picked up a camera, DeMarcus Allen was playing ball. A former college football player-turned-fashion photographer, his unlikely trajectory — from parole officer to shooting for the...
Anne Hathaway Goes Gothic
Anne Hathaway turned to one of Iris Van Herpen‘s early 2020s designs for Thursday night’s red carpet screening of her new film “Mother Mary” in London. The Oscar-winning actress...
Les Deux Delivers Double-digit Growth Amid Physical Retail Push
PARIS — Danish menswear brand Les Deux continued its long-running growth streak in 2025, reporting a 13 percent increase in revenue year-over-year. The company posted gross profit of 16...
Simon Kim Unveils Three Dining Concepts at 550 Madison in Midtown
For restaurateur Simon Kim, opening 550 Madison marks a massive homecoming. “I came from Korea when I was 13 years old, and always wanted to open my own restaurant....

World

When Sexual Exploitation Is Fundamental to Police Corruption
None of this will be shocking to anyone who’s lived in an American city crippled by disinvestment and self-dealing—or even to anyone who’s watched a David Simon show on...
Peter Strausfeld, the Movie-Poster Master
Some deserving names, though, are still obscure, and that is why an exhibition at Poster House, on West Twenty-third Street, running until April 12th, is to be welcomed with...
Bistrot Ha Is the Right Kind of Restaurant Evolution
A little more than a year ago, after running a successful pop-up called Ha’s Đặc Biệt, the chefs Sadie Mae Burns and Anthony Ha opened Ha’s Snack Bar, an...
“Love Story” Is a Forgettable Elegy for Gen X
Schlossberg was not by any means alone in shading the Murphy show while it was in production. C.B.K., as she is called, is the love object of a posthumous...
Losing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals not in faith but in...
“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite
Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to Sharon, the insurance broker, who...

Business

New hotels in Japan: The standout openings to book in 2026
New hotels in Japan: The standout openings to book in 2026
Across Japan, new hotel openings are leaning into identity, whether that means heritage buildings in Kyoto, adaptive reuse in Nara or refined wellness stays built around onsen culture.At the...
Authorities in southwest Colombia are on alert after a spate of violent attacks on infrastructure
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in southwest Colombia were on high alert Saturday following a spate of explosive attacks and thwarted attempts to target public infrastructure.No one was injured...
ArianeGroup ponders sending more European rockets into space
The Ariane 6 Center of ArianeGroup in Bremen. Sina Schuldt/dpa European aerospace firm ArianeGroup is considering sending more launch vehicles into space in the future, the head of the...
Israeli Air Force technicians indicted for spying on IDF chief, Ben-Gvir at Iran’s behest
According to the indictment, the soldiers conducted a variety of missions for Iran, including an instance in which one of them sent an Iranian agent training materials.Two IDF soldiers...
UK inflation: Middle East tensions feed into retail prices
Retailers in the UK are starting to see early signs that geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are feeding through into supply chain and pricing pressures, at a time...
Former Gaza hostage Eli Sharabi reflects on Independence Day, family loss
Eli Sharabi, who survived Hamas captivity, shares his emotional journey after the October 7 massacre, revealing how Independence Day now holds deeper meaning as he honors his murdered family.Former...

News

Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In today’s episode, we talk to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey about the latest developments in his city. Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan have said they’re winding down...
What Today’s Democrats Can Learn From Jesse Jackson
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84....
Rhode Island Hockey Game Shooter Had Nazi Tattoos
The far right is using the murder of a mother and one of her sons to attack transgender people, completely ignoring the fact that the shooter had massive Nazi...
Two-Month-Old Baby in ICE Detention Taken to Hospital
A 2-month-old baby at an ICE detention center in Texas had to be hospitalized late Monday night because a doctor wasn’t available at the facility.Juan Nicolás, held at the...
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Protect Georgia Voter Data Seized by FBI
“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get...
Trump Blames Popular Black Democrat for Potomac River Sewage Spill
“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get...

Beauty

RITES targets African markets with in-service diesel loco export push
  “It is a win-win situation. Many of these diesel locomotives have 15 years or more of codal life left, and there is a lot of interest in...
In-Solutions Global secures RBI’s nod across online, physical & Cross-Border Payment Aggregation
In-Solutions Global Ltd (ISG) on Monday announced that it has received regulatory authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) across all three Payment Aggregator categories - online,...
Regulatory sandboxes necessary to foster AI innovations: IFSCA official
Regulatory sandboxes are necessary to ensure that startups and other players can build things in a controlled environment within the guardrails without stifling innovation, a senior official at...
AI threat to Indian IT stocks? Motilal Oswal explains road head for sector
The sharp 15 per cent month-on-month decline in the Nifty IT Index has rekindled a familiar debate on Dalal Street: Is this downturn cyclical, or does artificial intelligence (AI)...
Religare Enterprises announces demerger to unlock shareholder value
Burman family backed-Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) has approved a plan to demerge its financial services and insurance businesses into two separately listed entities, in a move aimed at...
22-year-old Indian student found dead days after going missing in US
A 22-year-old Indian postgraduate student who went missing in the US less than a week ago has been found dead, the Indian mission here has said. Saketh...

Celebrity

Taking Chances and Building Legacy: How September Summers Is Redefining Modern Media Entrepreneurship
September Summers is an Australian-born media personality, entrepreneur, and founder whose career reflects both bold reinvention and strategic foresight. Rising from the Gold Coast’s famed Glitter Strip, she first built...
Tina Ambani may appear before ED on Tuesday in money laundering case
Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering...
Iran meets UN nuclear watchdog in Geneva ahead of second round of US talks
Iran's top diplomat met with the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency on Monday, ahead of a second round of negotiations with the United States over Tehran's...
AI integration in road, transport can help avoid accidents: MoRTH official
There is a lot of scope for AI integration in the road and transport industry to help avoid accidents and check issues of vehicular pollution, a government official...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX outpaces China’s 203K ‘paper satellite’ ambitions
By David Fickling   If orbital space is the 21st century’s high seas, China looks to be preparing an armada.  Government plans submitted late last year...
Handshake debate heats up: Will India change their stance vs Pakistan?
The drama revolving the India-Pakistan handshake controversy continues to evolve with the Indian cricket team expected to maintain their status quo of not shaking hands with their Pakistan...

Culture

Stop Confusing Hype With Real Brand Building
I’ve stood backstage at enough events to know the script. The lights hit, the music swells, and a famous name gets repeated like a magic spell. The crowd cheers....
What Improves With End-to-End Learning Management
Training programs fall apart when every phase runs on its own track. Planning happens in one silo, delivery in another, and measurement in yet another. The gaps between those...
How Senior Home Care Adapts to Loved Ones’ Changing Needs Over Time
While young professionals are busy starting careers, building businesses, or becoming solopreneurs, it’s easy to neglect retirement planning. Whether they are planning for themselves in the distant future or...
8 quiet advantages of founders who publish what they’re learning in real time
There’s a moment most founders hit where you realize you’re sitting on a lot of hard-won knowledge and almost no one sees it. You’ve tested channels that didn’t work,...
Only 1.8% Are Willing—Choose To Be One
Most people want big outcomes. Few are willing to do the boring, repeatable work that creates them. That gap is the greatest edge in business and life. My view...
7 uncomfortable truths about “balance” early entrepreneurs learn too late
You start your company thinking balance is the goal. Work hard, but not too hard. Build fast, but don’t burn out. Stay focused, but also have a life. Then...

Style

A.I. Is Making Influencing Even Faker
The virtual influencer is not, strictly speaking, new. In 2016, a C.G.I. avatar named Lil Miquela appeared on Instagram, presenting as an aspiring musician from Southern California. Miquela, who...
Oneohtrix Point Never’s Sense of the Uncanny
BroadwayEven amid Broadway’s queer renaissance, Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” stands out as a transgressive blast. Luke Evans is a gloriously seductive Frank-N-Furter; Josh Rivera an adorable Rocky;...
A Literary Wunderkind’s Best-Selling Nostalgia
“Lázár” moves quickly, scarcely leaving readers time to settle into one moment before whisking them off to the next. How else could it race through the most eventful half...
Gwendoline Riley’s New Novel Surveys the Wreckage of Middle Age
That repeated “nothing” is surely a deliberate echo of the “ ‘Nothing?’ ‘Nothing.’ ” in “King Lear,” when Lear beseeches each of his three daughters to declare the strength of their...
The Thrill of Picture Books That Let Kids in on the Joke
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of a five-year-old’s withering “You are not the boss of me” (having caused offense by, say, helping to zip a jacket...
Christoph Niemann’s “West Fourth”
For the cover of the April 27, 2026, issue, the artist Christoph Niemann depicted a beloved spot in the West Village. “I spent my youth on outdoor basketball courts...

Fashion

Why Meta is laying off 10% of its workforce
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is planning to lay off 8,000 employees, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in May, as it seeks to cut costs...
Robot Supreme? Table tennis clanker Ace beats elite human players in AI milestone
A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning in Beijing.Now a robot named...
How did thousands of sensitive LAPD files get leaked? City officials seek explanation
In the aftermath of a recent data breach that saw hackers make off with a vast trove of confidential police records, L.A. leaders have sought an explanation from the...
Apple’s next era: After Tim Cook’s dream run, new CEO has to help the company catch up
Tim Cook had a lot to prove when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs handed over the reins as chief executive nearly 15 years ago.Jobs was known as a creative visionary,...
Apple names next CEO; Tim Cook to become chairman
Apple Inc. named hardware chief John Ternus as the iPhone maker’s next leader, with Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook shifting to the role of executive chairman.Ternus will become CEO...
Robot named Lightning blows past human runners to set half-marathon record in Beijing
Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in...