I learned that people don't buy anything from unknown stores.

More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.

I might look successful but I've made many mistakes. People take their failures too seriously. You have to be positive and believe you will find success next time.

As a businessperson, I dont have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

Japan's biggest problems are conservatism and cowardice.

The biggest part of my job now is to quickly develop successors, and around the world I am working to develop new business leaders in the company.

At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then... we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.

The world's major metropolitan cities are more or less the same.

Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.

Wal-Mart is an amazing success story. What I particularly admire very much about the late Sam Walton was his policy of valuing his employees. Giving value to employees is very rare in the retail industry. I also admire the strategies Walton used to build up his discount store concept.