Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. Photo shows Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. Photo shows Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press Conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI

Press conference by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and OpenAI. photo shows (from left) Tadashi Yamamoto, Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and Tadao Nagasaki, President of OpenAI Japan.=November 12,2025,Tokyo

Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

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.

Fast Retailing head Yanai meets press on earnings

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.

Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

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.

Fast Retailing CEO Yanai

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.

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with steel and aluminum industries

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meets with steel and aluminum industries

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto meeting with steel and aluminum industries. Photo Shows Tadashi Imai, Chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (President and COO of Nippon Steel Corporation).=February 25,2025,Tokyo

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

Illustration Uniqlo

Illustration Uniqlo

SUQIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 29, 2024 - Illustration Uniqlo Tadashi Yanai admitted for the first time that it did not use Xinjiang cotton, Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China, November 29, 2024.

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

Anna Wintour, Tadashi Yanai and Clare Waight Keller attending the UNIQLO The Art And Science Of LifeWear: What Makes Life Better Cocktail Party as part of Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on September 30, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

JW Anderson, Anna Wintour, Tadashi Yanai, Clare Waight Keller and Roger Federer attending the UNIQLO The Art And Science Of LifeWear: What Makes Life Better Cocktail Party as part of Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on September 30, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

PFW Uniqlo Cocktail Party

Anna Wintour, Tadashi Yanai and Clare Waight Keller attending the UNIQLO The Art And Science Of LifeWear: What Makes Life Better Cocktail Party as part of Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on September 30, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO Press Conference - Paris

UNIQLO President and founder Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference for the 40th anniversary of Japanese ready-to-wear brand UNIQLO in Paris on September 30, 2024. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

TOKYO, Japan, July 19 Kyodo - Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking. (Kyodo)

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita, chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Japan Gymnastics Association chief meets press over Miyata

Tadashi Fujita (2nd from L), chief of the Japan Gymnastics Association, bows during a press conference in Tokyo on July 19, 2024. The association said Shoko Miyata, the 19-year-old captain of Japan women's artistic gymnastics team, withdrew from the Paris Olympics after admitting to smoking and drinking.

Fast Retailing CEO

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.

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation. Photo from right to left: Tadashi Imai, President and COO; currently, Executive Vice President and Representative Director; Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO; currently, President and Representative Director. =Date:January 12, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation. Photo from right to left: Tadashi Imai, President and COO; currently, Executive Vice President and Representative Director; Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO; currently, President and Representative Director. =Date:January 12, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation. Photo from right to left: Tadashi Imai, President and COO; currently, Executive Vice President and Representative Director; Eiji Hashimoto, Chairman and CEO; currently, President and Representative Director. =Date:January 12, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation

Press conference on the change of the president of Nippon Steel Corporation. Tadashi Imai Next President and COO Currently Executive Vice President and Representative Director =Date:January 12, 2024, Place: Tokyo

Fast Retailing CEO

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.

Wheelchair tennis star Kunieda at retirement press conference

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.

Tokyo Commodity Exchange starts trading in 4 farm products

Tokyo Commodity Exchange starts trading in 4 farm products

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Ezaki (L), president of Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., rings the bell during a ceremony at the exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2013, before TOCOM started trading in four agricultural products transferred from the Tokyo Grain Exchange, which will be disbanded in March.

Abe, Japan business leaders

Abe, Japan business leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks during his talks with the heads of Japan's three major business lobbies -- Yasuchika Hasegawa (far L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Hiromasa Yonekura (2nd from L), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and Tadashi Okamura (3rd from L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2013.

Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, answers reporters' questions upon returning to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Another assembly member, Tadashi Nakamine (L), also landed on Uotsuri Island the same day.

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&As

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.

New fleece lineup with better heat insulation unveiled

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.

Uniqlo, Daiwa House strike partnership deal

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.

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

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.

TOCOM eyeing futures trading on electricity from 2016

TOCOM eyeing futures trading on electricity from 2016

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Ezaki, president of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, unveils a plan to launch futures trading on electricity in the spring of 2016 during an interview with Kyodo News on Aug. 15, 2014.

Gov't panel meets to mull Ainu ethnic policy promotion

Gov't panel meets to mull Ainu ethnic policy promotion

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from front R) talks with Ainu Association of Hokkaido head Tadashi Kato (extreme L) at a meeting of the government's Council for Ainu Policy Promotion at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on June 2, 2014. Ainu are the indigenous people of northern Japan.

Fast Retailing chief Yanai explains Sept.-Feb. results

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.

Uniqlo operator chief

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.