Forbes: Uniqlo Chairman Yanai the richest Japanese
米経済誌フォーブスが2月19日に発表した2009年の「日本の富豪40人」で、ユニクロ・柳井氏、資産5700億円 で日本一の大富豪と発表しました。
President
of Fast Retailing, Tadashi Yanai, topped the list of Forbes Asia's 40
most affluent Japanese for the first time. Fast Retailing is a clothing
retailer that runs casual-wear chain Uniqlo.
Fast Retailingは、ユニクロの会社名ですね。
affluent :裕福な
for the first time:初の
clothing
retailer:衣料品の小売業者
run casual-wear chain Uniqlo:カジュアルウェアのチェーン店 ユニクロを経営する
The business
magazine said that the net worth of Yanai was 6.1 billion dollars, an
increase of 1.4 billion dollars from the previous year, when he ranked
6th.
net worth of:〜の純資産
In the midst of sagging consumer spending in Japan, Fast
Retailing has reported robust earnings thanks to the popularity of its
low-priced products.
sagging:落ち込んでいる、停滞している
consumer spending:個人消費
in the midst of:〜の真っ只中で
robust earnings:堅調な収益
low-priced products:低価格製品
2009/02/20 13:47(JST):NHK World Daily News