Tadashi Yanai
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Fashion
Naoki Takizawa
The fashion designer who oversees Uniqlo’s collaborations and makes outfits for Japan’s Empress Michiko, reveals how food – and a herbal remedy – has informed his work.
Business
Speed merchant
Tadashi Yanai, president of Fast Retailing and the richest man in Japan, is expanding his Uniqlo empire. Following record sales, he is taking his low-cost chain to Paris and Singapore.
Business
In the first lane
In July, Japan’s Fast Retailing Co bid for Barneys, revealing its wealth. Now the group is set on making its Uniqlo brand a powerful – and very Japanese – global brand.
