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Tokyo (AFP) - Fast Retailing, the parent company of Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo, said Thursday its net profit for the first quarter slid 9.1 percent because of the Covid-19 lockdown in China.

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Uniqlo's parent company said Wednesday it would raise the wages of thousands of its employees in Japan by up to 40 percent to help it become more competitive globally. The salary bump will apply to around 8,400 full-time employees out of the 56,000 working for parent company Fast Retailing in…