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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
NEW PRODUCTS Japanese souvenirs Uniqlo, one of Japan’s biggest clothing retailers, launched a project called Nippon Omiyage (Japanese Souvenir) at some of its stores on Monday. As Golden Week — one of Japan’s major holiday seasons when many people travel abroad — is approaching, ...
As part of its efforts to recruit skilled workers and expand its global business by offering higher wages, the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain will unify its payment system for its employees and executives worldwide.
Clothing chain Uniqlo said Thursday it had signed a multiyear sponsorship deal with the Museum of Modern Art in New York amid an aggressive international expansion push. Under the agreement, the company will sponsor a free admission program from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. ...
Fast Retailing Co. has raised its forecast for annual profit as the seller of Uniqlo-branded apparel benefits from a weakening yen. Net income will probably be ¥91.5 billion for the year ending in August, higher than its previous forecast of ¥87 billion, the Yamaguchi-based ...
Department stores and other retailers are expanding their lineup of large-size clothes to meet growing demand among big women wishing to don fashionable apparel. Nissen Co., a leading mail-order company based in the city of Kyoto, opened a store in the Parco Part3 building ...
Fast Retailing Co. has added the first golfer to its portfolio of Uniqlo brand ambassadors by signing world No. 7 Adam Scott to a multiyear contract. Scott, the winner of 20 golf tournaments, including eight on the U.S. PGA Tour, will wear Uniqlo apparel ...
Fast Retailing Co. is aiming to open its first Uniqlo clothing store in Indonesia in May or June. The clothing giant plans to open nine additional outlets in the capital as part of its bid to expand operations in emerging Southeast Asian markets, Naoki ...
As competition to attract customers grows fierce among retailers, some have begun hiring a new breed of customer-service experts — consumer “concierges.”