KHAITE is launching Japan this season: a permanent shop at Hankyu Umeda since July 22, an Isetan Shinjuku pop-up and a planned first directly operated store there, and a Senior Marketing Manager, Japan hired for trunk shows, private appointments and a LINE launch. KHAITE already ships to Japan free by DHL Express with duties and taxes paid. Yet khaite.com has no Japan page: the Stores page lists New York, LA, Costa Mesa, Dallas and five Seoul counters, and /pages/japan returns 404. A Japanese client who searches ケイト after seeing the bag at Hankyu finds no store, no appointment link and no word that her order arrives duty-paid.
First action
Copy the Korea page template and fill in the Hankyu Umeda details.
How to measure it
Japan appointment requests plus JPY orders
- Now
- –
- Target
- 40 a month
- By
- 90 days
Steps
Gather details
Address, floor, hours and phone for Hankyu Umeda; Isetan Shinjuku when confirmed.
Senior Marketing Manager, Japan 1 day
Build the page
/pages/japan from the Korea template, with an appointment request form.
E-commerce Manager 2 days
Add Japanese copy
A short brand introduction and service notes reviewed by the Japan team and local PR agency.
Senior Marketing Manager, Japan 1 week
State the shipping promise
Duty-paid DHL Express to Japan in JPY, linked from the page.
E-commerce Manager 1 day
Add to the Stores selector
Japan next to Korea.
E-commerce Manager 1 hour
Link from press and partners
Ask Hankyu, Isetan and local press to link the page.
PR Director 2 weeks
Track
Visits from Japan, appointment requests and JPY orders.
E-commerce Manager weekly
Why it works
Publish /pages/japan in the same format as /pages/korea: each Japan location (Hankyu Umeda Bag Gallery, Isetan Shinjuku once open) with address, hours, phone and an appointment request; a short Japanese-language introduction to the house; the duty-paid DHL Express promise in JPY; and the LINE account once it launches. Add Japan to the Stores selector and tag the page with Japanese and English versions.
Clients met in a department store check the brand's own site before a second visit or an online order. One page turns that check into an appointment, a LINE follow or a duty-paid order, and gives the Japan marketer a destination for every trunk show and press mention.
Ready to use
ChecklistJapan page launch list
[ ] /pages/japan with Hankyu Umeda details [ ] Isetan Shinjuku added when open [ ] Appointment request routed to the Japan team [ ] Japanese introduction approved by Tokyo [ ] Duty-paid DHL Express note in JPY [ ] Japan in the Stores selector [ ] LINE link once the channel launches [ ] Links from department-store and press pages
Risks and how to handle them
Store details change as Isetan opens
Date the page and update it with each opening.
Machine-sounding Japanese
Have the Tokyo team and PR agency approve every line.
Evidence
- News coverageKHAITE (written ケイト in Japanese press) opened its first permanent store in western Japan on July 22, 2026, in the 2nd-floor Bag Gallery at Hankyu Umeda, selling mainly bags and leather goods, with a store-exclusive raffia-and-suede tote at 275,000 yen.Source
- News coverageFashionsnap (June 17, 2026): KHAITE enters Japan with the Autumn/Winter 2026 season through KHAITE Japan, set up in 2025 with Yagi Tsusho; a pop-up ran at Isetan Shinjuku (main building, 3rd floor) from July 1 to 11, 2026; the first directly operated store in Japan was planned for Isetan Shinjuku around September; expansion through "major retailers and digital channels"; the brand is sold in more than 200 stores worldwide.Source
- Your websiteStores page (checked October 22, 2026): New York Soho, New York Madison Ave, Los Angeles Melrose Ave, Costa Mesa South Coast Plaza, Dallas Highland Park Village and Korea, where /pages/korea lists five Seoul department-store locations in English. There is no Japan location or page (/pages/japan returns 404) and the site has one language (English, no hreflang alternates).Source
- Your websiteShipping policy: "complimentary International DHL Express shipping on all orders", and KHAITE covers duties and taxes for Australia, Canada, Dubai UAE, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Sweden, UK and Saudi Arabia. The country selector includes Japan (JPY). Product pages show one shipping note to every visitor: complimentary shipping "to (and returns from) addresses within the United States", with 14-day returns.Source
- HiringSenior Marketing Manager, Japan (Tokyo, KHAITE Japan Corp., posted October 6, 2026): translate the global brand "into locally relevant initiatives that drive brand awareness, client engagement, and retail performance"; work with "department store marketing divisions"; plan "VIC experiences, trunk shows, private appointments, store events"; "Manage KHAITE's Japan LINE presence, including channel launch"; "Coordinate translation, localization, and adaptation of global brand content into Japanese"; "Track and report on the effectiveness of marketing initiatives".Source
- Competitor researchRivals' own sites: The Row runs a Japanese-language version (therow.com/ja, with hreflang "ja"); TOTEME is an "Official online store" with pieces "only available at toteme.com"; Proenza Schouler offers "Complimentary Worldwide Shipping"; Gabriela Hearst leads with "the iconic Nina Bag".Source