Uniqlo founder's former right-hand man to helm archrival Muji

Nobuo Domae is latest in Yanai's dream team to find his groove elsewhere

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Muji parent Ryohin Keikaku will mark this coming September as a "second founding" to turn around operations. © AP

YO TANAKA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Nobuo Domae once served as a key executive at Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing, helping to turn the Japan-based casualwear seller into a global force.

Now the 52-year-old has been tapped as the next president of Muji parent Ryohin Keikaku, starting in September.

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