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Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive at Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025, after the company announced it posted a record net profit for the fifth straight year in the year ended in August.

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Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

Tadashi Yanai, chairman, president and chief executive at Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025, after the company announced it posted a record net profit for the fifth straight year in the year ended in August.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - Japanese actor Koji Yakusho poses during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the proceeds from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho. (Kyodo)

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho speaks during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the profit from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho speaks during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the profit from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho speaks during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the profit from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho speaks during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the profit from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho poses during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the proceeds from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho poses during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the proceeds from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (L) poses during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the proceeds from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (L) poses during an event hosted by Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, at the World Exposition in Osaka on June 16, 2025. Fast Retailing held the Peace for All event to support refugees around the world by donating all of the proceeds from the sale of 7.1 million T-shirts designed by participants in the initiative including Yakusho.

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Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, speaks during a press conference held in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, to release the company's half-year earnings through February.

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Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, speaks during a press conference held in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, to release the company's half-year earnings through February.

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Fast Retailing CEO

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, attends a news conference in Tokyo on April 11, 2024, after the company released its earnings for the September-February first half of the current year through August.

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Fast Retailing CEO

Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of casual wear chain Uniqlo, smiles during a news conference held in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, to release the company's earnings for the year ended in August.

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Wheelchair tennis star Kunieda at retirement press conference

Wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda (R) receives flowers from Tadashi Yanai, chairman and CEO of his sponsor Fast Retailing Co., during a retirement press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2023. In January, the winner of 28 Grand Slam titles and three Paralympic gold medals in the men's singles announced his retirement while at the top of the world rankings.

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Fast Retailing to enter Indonesian market

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Naoki Otoma (R), group executive vice president of Fast Retailing Co., attaches a Uniqlo logo on a world map at a press conference in Jakarta on Feb. 13, 2013. Fast Retailing said it aims to set up its first Uniqlo casual clothing store in Indonesia in May or June and open nine more at an early date with a view to expanding operations in emerging Southeast Asian markets.

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Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&As

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co., a leading Japanese casual-clothing retailer, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4 where the company said it will continue to invest 300-400 billion yen for mergers and acquisitions in order to raise its profile in the global market.

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New fleece lineup with better heat insulation unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai (C), head of Fast Retailing Co., which operates the Uniqlo clothing chain, and models wearing a new lineup of fleece wear with enhanced heat insulation pose at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014.

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Uniqlo, Daiwa House strike partnership deal

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai (L), head of Fast Retailing Co. which operates the Uniqlo clothing chain, and Naotake Ono, president of Daiwa House Industry Co., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014, after announcing a bilateral business partnership. The deal calls for the two companies to set up a joint distribution firm for the same-day domestic delivery of Uniqlo products purchased online.

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Fast Retailing's group net profit drops 28.7% in year through Aug.

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing chain, briefs reporters on the company's financial results for the business year through August in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014. It logged 74.55 billion yen in group net profit for the year through August, down 28.7 percent from the previous year.

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Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Croatia's Marin Cilic in New York on Sept. 8, 2014. World No. 12 Cilic beat eighth-ranked Nishikori 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain and a sponsor of Nishikori, has decided to pay a 100 million yen bonus to him following his historic run to the U.S. Open final, company officials said Sept. 9.

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Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori (L) is interviewed after being defeated by Croatia's Marin Cilic in the U.S. Open men's singles final in New York on Sept. 8, 2014. Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain and a sponsor of Nishikori, has decided to pay a 100 million yen bonus to him following his historic run to the U.S. Open final, company officials said Sept. 9.

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Uniqlo to raise prices amid higher costs

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers walk in front of a Uniqlo outlet in Tokyo's Ginza commercial district on June 10, 2014. The apparel chain owned by Fast Retailing Co. will raise prices for upcoming autumn and winter garments by about 5 percent.

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Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store

MELBOURNE, Australia - Photo shows an outlet of Fast Retailing Co.'s Uniqlo casual clothing chain in Melbourne, the company's first Australian store, which opened on April 16, 2014.

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Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia - People line up in front of an outlet of Fast Retailing Co.'s Uniqlo casual clothing chain in Melbourne before the company opens its first Australian store on April 16, 2014.

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Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store in Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia - Photo shows an outlet of Fast Retailing Co.'s Uniqlo casual clothing chain in Melbourne after the company opened its first Australian store on April 16, 2014.

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Fast Retailing chief Yanai explains Sept.-Feb. results

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., explains the Uniqlo chain operator's business results in the September to February period on April 10, 2014, in Tokyo. The company logged record sales of 764.3 billion yen, up 24.3 percent from a year earlier, in the period.

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UNIQLO store in N.Y. collaborates with art museum

NEW YORK, United States - Fast Retailing Co. gives the media a preview of a new section at its flagship UNIQLO casual clothing store in New York that sells T-shirts and other goods with designs of collections at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on March 27, 2014. The section opened on March 28.

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Uniqlo operator chief

NEW YORK, United States - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo-brand casual clothing store chain, is interviewed in New York on March 27, 2014.

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Uniqlo to open 1st Australian store

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an artist's representation of a Uniqlo outlet to be opened in Melbourne, Australia, in 2014, which will be the chain's first store in the country. Japan's Fast Retailing Co., operator of the casual clothing chain, announced the plan on Sept. 30, 2013.

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World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A Uniqlo casual clothing outlet in Shanghai, run by Japan's Fast Retailing Co., is seen crowded with customers on Sept. 30, 2013, when it opened as the chain's largest flagship store in the world.

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World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken Sept. 30, 2013, shows officials about to cut the tape at the opening of a Uniqlo casual clothing outlet in Shanghai, run by Japan's Fast Retailing Co. The new outlet is the chain's largest flagship store in the world.

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World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A Uniqlo casual clothing outlet in Shanghai, run by Japan's Fast Retailing Co., is seen crowded with customers on Sept. 30, 2013, when it opened as the chain's largest flagship store in the world.

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World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a Uniqlo casual clothing outlet in Shanghai, run by Japan's Fast Retailing Co., on Sept. 30, 2013, when it opened as the chain's largest flagship store in the world.

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Largest Uniqlo store in the world to open in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Senior officials of Japan's Fast Retailing Co. pose for photos during a press conference in Shanghai on Aug. 28, 2013. The company said the same day it will open Uniqlo Shanghai, the largest flagship store of the casual clothing chain in the world with a sales floor of around 8,000 square meters, on Sept. 30.

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Uniqlo shop in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Photo shows a Uniqlo brand shop of apparel retailer Fast Retailing Co. in Dhaka on July 5, 2013. The company opened two outlets of its Uniqlo casual clothing chain in the Bangladeshi capital the same day.

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Uniqlo shop in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - A woman holds a garment at a Uniqlo brand shop of apparel retailer Fast Retailing Co. in Dhaka on July 5, 2013. The company opened two outlets of its Uniqlo casual clothing chain in the Bangladeshi capital the same day.

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Uniqlo in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Fast Retailing Co. Chairman Tadashi Yanai (R) holds the company's Uniqlo brand logo during a press conference in Jakarta on June 20, 2013. The Japanese casual wear maker will open a Uniqlo shop in Jakarta on June 22, 2013, as its first outlet of the brand in Indonesia.

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Uniqlo outlet in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A Jan. 29, 2013, photo shows a building in Shanghai, China, where Japanese casual-wear retailer Fast Retailing Co. plans to open the world's largest Uniqlo fashion store.

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Uniqlo operator's multi-brand store

TOKYO, Japan - Uniqlo Marche Printemps Ginza, Fast Retailing Co.'s first multi-brand store, opens in the posh Ginza district of Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2012. The outlet showcasing the Uniqlo casual clothing line and four other apparel brands under its umbrella.

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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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Fast Retailing aims for record 1 tril. yen in sales

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 11, 2012. Fast Retailing said the same day it aims to achieve record group sales of more than 1 trillion yen for the current business year ending in August 2013, on the back of robust growth of its Uniqlo casual clothing chain business in Asia.

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Uniqlo opens 1st U.S. West Coast store

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Tadashi Yanai (3rd from R), president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo casual clothing store chain, attends the opening ceremony for a Uniqlo store in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2012, the chain's first store on the West Coast of the United States.

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Uniqlo on U.S. West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai speaks to the press in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2012, ahead of the opening of the first Uniqlo store in the city the following day. Yanai said the company aims to open 10 Uniqlo casual clothing stores on the West Coast of the United States at an early date.

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Uniqlo on U.S. West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Photo taken on Oct. 4, 2012, shows a Uniqlo casual clothing store in San Francisco, which will be opened by Fast Retailing Co. on Oct. 5 as its first one on the West Coast of the United States.

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Uniqlo shop in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - Japan's Fast Retailing Co. opens its first Uniqlo brand clothing store in Manila on June 15, 2012.

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Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo brand clothing store chain, speaks at a press conference in Manila on June 13, 2012, ahead of the opening of the first Uniqlo store in Manila on June 15. The company plans to open 50 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines over the next three years, the head of its local subsidiary said the same day.

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Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo brand clothing store chain, speaks at a press conference in Manila on June 13, 2012, ahead of the opening of the first Uniqlo store in Manila on June 15. The company plans to open 50 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines over the next three years, the head of its local subsidiary said the same day.

Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

Fast Retailing CEO

Fast Retailing CEO

Wheelchair tennis star Kunieda at retirement press conference

Fast Retailing to enter Indonesian market

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&amp;As

New fleece lineup with better heat insulation unveiled

Uniqlo, Daiwa House strike partnership deal

Fast Retailing's group net profit drops 28.7% in year through Aug.

Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

Uniqlo operator to offer 100 mil. yen bonus to Nishikori

Uniqlo to raise prices amid higher costs

Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store

Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store in Melbourne

Uniqlo opens 1st Australian store in Melbourne

Fast Retailing chief Yanai explains Sept.-Feb. results

UNIQLO store in N.Y. collaborates with art museum

Uniqlo operator chief

Uniqlo to open 1st Australian store

World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

World's largest Uniqlo store opens in Shanghai

Largest Uniqlo store in the world to open in Shanghai

Uniqlo shop in Bangladesh

Uniqlo shop in Bangladesh

Uniqlo in Indonesia

Uniqlo outlet in Shanghai

Uniqlo operator's multi-brand store

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

Fast Retailing aims for record 1 tril. yen in sales

Uniqlo opens 1st U.S. West Coast store

Uniqlo on U.S. West Coast

Uniqlo on U.S. West Coast

Uniqlo shop in Manila

Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&As