Fast Retailing to boost support for refugees

Fast Retailing to boost support for refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Johan Cels (L), representative of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Tokyo office, and an executive member of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. Fast Retailing said it will expand support for refugees in the world under a global partnership agreement with the U.N. refugee agency.

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