Fast Retailing
UNIQLO Kyoto Global Flagship Store Opens on November 6 - Located on Kawaramachi-dori, Kyoto's premier entertainment district
07 Aug 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page Global...
UNIQLO Amu Plaza Kumamoto Store to Reopen on August 3
03 Aug 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page UNIQLO...
Two New Designs Announced for UNIQLO PEACE FOR ALL Charity T-Shirt Project - Available September 17: New designs from Kengo Kuma, emphasizing harmony with nature, and Sou Fujimoto, designer of the Grand Ring for Expo 2025
24 Jul 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page UNIQLO...
GU 2026 Fall/Winter Collection by Creative Director Francesco Risso Marks a New Chapter for the Brand
14 Jul 2026
G.U. CO., LTD. to Japanese page GU today...
UNIQLO and Los Angeles Dodgers Announce Joint Plans to Engage and Support the Los Angeles Community - First Phase of Program Combines the Power of Clothing and Baseball to Make the World Better
29 May 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page The Lo...
UNIQLO Myeongdong Global Flagship Store Opens in Seoul on May 22 - South Korea's largest UNIQLO will offer the full LifeWear lineup and brand experience
19 May 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page Global...
UNIQLO Named to TIME's List of the World's Top 100 Most Influential Companies
01 May 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page UNIQLO...
Five New Designs Announced for UNIQLO PEACE FOR ALL Charity T-Shirt Project - Available from June 19: New T-shirts Featuring Messages of Peace, with Designs from Director Sofia Coppola, Actor Ke Huy Quan, and the Displacement Film Fund Total Donations
24 Apr 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page Global...
DODGERS AND UNIQLO ANNOUNCE HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP - New partnership establishes "UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium"
26 Mar 2026
UNIQLO CO., LTD. to Japanese page The Lo...
Newly Established Joint Venture Company Fast Retailing Property Co., Ltd. Commences Operations
04 Mar 2026
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. to Japanese pag...
Featured
Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
