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Uniqlo's flagship store in Shanghai: Greater China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong, accounts for more than 20% of parent Fast Retailing's revenue. (Photo courtesy of Fast Retailing)

SUGURU KURIMOTO, NAOKI MATSUDA and HIROKO MATSUMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

April 9, 2021 02:33 JST

TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- At an earnings briefing on Thursday, Tadashi Yanai, president of Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing, insisted the Japanese apparel company was neutral when it came to politics.