Uniqlo's Tadashi Yanai defends Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon

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20191028 Fast Retailing Chairman, President and CEO Tadashi Yanai

Fast Retailing Chairman President and CEO Tadashi Yanai speaks at the Nikkei Global Management Forum on Oct. 28 in Tokyo. (Photo by Arisa Moriyama)

WATARU SUZUKI and MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Tadashi Yanai, the CEO of Uniqlo parent Fast Retailing, defended some of the biggest targets of technology skepticism: Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

Yanai made his remarks at the Nikkei Global Management Forum in Tokyo, which every year brings together a carefully chosen group of the world's most accomplished executives to discuss corporate strategy, management philosophy and the latest trends in management from a global perspective.

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