Uniqlo to set up $10 mil. fund to help children

TOKYO, Japan - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic (L) and Tadashi Yanai, chairman of Fast Retailing Co., the parent company of casual clothing chain operator Uniqlo Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2012, as Uniqlo announces its plan to establish a $10 million fund to help improve the lives of children around the world. Uniqlo said it will raise funds for the "Clothes for Smiles" project through sales of its Heattech innerwear and Ultra Light Down jackets this fall and winter.

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