"Fast Retailing Co., operator of the Uniqlo inexpensive clothing chain, said last month it will make English an official language starting in March 2012"
Source:Rakuten's all-English edict a bold move, but risky too
By MINORU MATSUTANI
Japan Times
16/7/2010
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100716f1.html
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