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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Uniqlo in Indonesia

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.

Uniqlo unveils scholarships

Uniqlo unveils scholarships

TOKYO, Japan - Uniqlo Co. Chairman and President Tadashi Yanai (R) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) join hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2012. The major clothing retailer announced a $1.6 million scholarship program to help young Japanese aiming to become business leaders and fashion designers enroll as graduate students at three prestigious U.S institutions.

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

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.

Fast Retailing aims for record 1 tril. yen in sales

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.

Uniqlo opens 1st U.S. West Coast store

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.

Uniqlo on U.S. West Coast

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.

Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

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.

Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

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.

Uniqlo's Yanai

Uniqlo's Yanai

TOKYO, Japan - Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai speaks during a press conference on March 15, 2012, at its Uniqlo casual clothing brand's new flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district, which will open the following day.

Fast Retailing eyes Uniqlo expansion in U.S.

Fast Retailing eyes Uniqlo expansion in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Japanese casual clothing chain operator Fast Retailing Co., speaks to reporters in New York on Oct. 13, 2011, before its second Uniqlo store in the United States opens on New York's Fifth Avenue the following day. He said the company plans to open more than 1,600 Uniqlo stores in the United States.

Scholarship fund for children affected by March 11 disaster

Scholarship fund for children affected by March 11 disaster

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Masatoshi Koshiba, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics, architect Tadao Ando and Fast Retailing Co. President Tadashi Yanai attend a press conference at the education ministry in Tokyo on May 18, 2011. They and others established a scholarship foundation the same day for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Yanai speaks about Uniqlo strategy

Yanai speaks about Uniqlo strategy

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Tadashi Yanai, president of Fast Retailing Co., speaks at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 3, 2010. Yanai said there will be more Uniqlo stores across Southeast Asia over the next one or two years.

Toray, Uniqlo to expand strategic partnership

Toray, Uniqlo to expand strategic partnership

TOKYO, Japan - Chemical maker Toray Industries Inc. President Akihiro Nikkaku (L) and clothing retail chain Uniqlo Co. President Tadashi Yanai shake hands in Tokyo on July 20, 2010, after the two companies announced they will expand their strategic partnership with an eye toward boosting sales in 2011-2015 to 400 billion yen by promoting global operations.

Fast Retailing, Grameen Bank to set up social joint venture

Fast Retailing, Grameen Bank to set up social joint venture

TOKYO, Japan - Muhammad Yunus (L), the head of the Grameen Bank Group of Bangladesh, and Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, shake hands during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 13, 2010. Yunus and Yanai announced an agreement to set up a joint venture, tentatively named Grameen Uniqlo Ltd., in Dhaka. Yunus, the founder of the microfinance organization, and the bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

Uniqlo eyes boosting global operations

Uniqlo eyes boosting global operations

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the popular Uniqlo casual clothing chain, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 17, 2010. He said the company aims to continue expanding its global operations with an eye to opening shops in emerging markets such as India and Latin America.

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai (L), chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

Uniqlo operator logs record Sept.-Feb. sales, profit

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of Uniqlo casual clothing stores, briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the business year that ended in February at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 8, 2010. Yanai reported record-high consolidated sales and operating profit for the year on the back of brisk demand for its autumn and winter products.