YAMAGUCHI – Uniqlo owner and Japanese fashion giant Fast Retailing has been criticised by a leading forced labour expert after claiming it does not use cotton from the Xinjiang region of China in its products.
Fast Retailing's chief executive Tadashi Yanai - who has previously declined to comment on the issue - reportedly told the BBC that the company did not use cotton from Xinjiang where Uyghur Muslims are allegedly used as forced labour.
