When asked recently to describe what guides his vision, the Japanese founder and CEO of Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, produced an unusual historical artefact a 1987 catalogue from the mass-market British ...

This ‘Ariake Project’ was a far-fetched dream for 23-year-old Tadashi Yanai. Fifty-two years back, he took charge of his father’s clothing chain—Ogori Shoji—which had a handful of stores ...

It’s easy to mistake Fast Retailing’s Uniqlo unit for “fast fashion”: Its clothes, after all, are cheap and ubiquitous. But the trendy, disposable nature of fast fashion is the opposite of ...

TOKYO -- "The Japanese people may perish." This comment by Tadashi Yanai, the chairman and president of global apparel brand ...

Tadashi Yanai also says he has no intention of naming a new president from outside the company when he eventually steps down as chairman and president. Yanai, 75, shared his thoughts with The ...

Tadashi Yanai is the richest person in Japan. The Japanese businessman is worth an estimated $24.8 billion, according to Bloomberg. His fortune comes from his position as chairman and the biggest ...

The Tokyo-listed retail clothing empire Fast Retailing, parent of the Uniqlo chain, was built and is run by Tadashi Yanai. The net worth of Tadashi Yanai and his family currently stands at $43.4 ...

Tadashi Yanai, the billionaire founder of Uniqlo, is the richest person in Japan — but his lead is narrowing. His net worth currently stands at $23.6 billion, down 44% since the beginning of the ...

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- Uniqlo's sister brand GU opened its first U.S. store Thursday in New York, foraying into the world's largest apparel market where global fashion houses are waging cutthroat ...

But Fast Retailing's founder Tadashi Yanai said Russia's people "have the same right to live as we do". Mr Yanai told Japan's Nikkei newspaper: "There should never be war. Every country should ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Sept. 7 to ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about shoes, diamonds and other objects of obsession. This morning, representatives from the Japanese apparel brand UNIQLO and from ...