>>yanai: people tend to assume underwear has to be made from cotton. but we're proving that synthetics are better than natural fibbers. it has a lot of potential. i want to show this to the world. our marketing strength, and japanese technology, is a winning combination. >>reporter: yanai's brash ambition aside, becoming the world's top apparel maker is virtually impossible, experts say, through organic growth alone... >>larke: it has a long way to go to overtake gap and h&m. probably the only foreseeable possibility is a major acquisition of either one of the global chains, or several of the second-tier chains. >>reporter: uniqlo is still very much a japanese company, reliant on its home market for sales. but for parent firm fast retailing, the company in a hurry, if all goes according to plan, the shift to global giantwill happen in just a few years. >>still to come on world business... >>could jordan become a logistical hub for the middle east? we meet mega projects minister imad fakhoury >>and the peaceful sport of gliding gets competitive. >>silen

>>yanai: people tend to assume underwear has to be made from cotton. but we're proving that synthetics are better than natural fibbers. it has a lot of potential. i want to show this to the world. our marketing strength, and japanese technology, is a winning combination. >>reporter: yanai's brash ambition aside, becoming the world's top apparel maker is virtually impossible, experts say, through organic growth alone... >>larke: it has a long way to go to overtake gap and h&m. probably the only foreseeable possibility is a major acquisition of either one of the global chains, or several of the second-tier chains. >>reporter: uniqlo is still very much a japanese company, reliant on its home market for sales. but for parent firm fast retailing, the company in a hurry, if all goes according to plan, the shift to global giantwill happen in just a few years. >>still to come on world business... >>could jordan become a logistical hub for the middle east? we meet mega projects minister imad fakhoury >>and the peaceful sport of gliding gets competitive. >>silen

chairman tadashi yanai of fast retailing which operates the uniqlo brand, said he was ready to expand across the region by selling the same winter items at its stores in the japanese market. >> southeast asia is the world's fastest growing market. we'll start growing business within a year or two. >>> nissan motor expects record global sales for fiscal 2010 ending in march. the japanese automaker says this is due to increased sales in all major markets, including emerging and industrialized countries. nissan on thursday announced its results for the first half of the business year. operating profit for the april to september period increased 3.5-fold from a year earlier to more than $3.7 billion. for the current business year nissan said its auto sales will reach 4.1 million units, up 300,000 from the firm's initial estimates. the company revised its profit forecast to $5.7 billion, up $1.6 billion. nissan said increased sales, especially in china and other emerging countries will offset expected losses of about $2.1 billion caused by a sharp appreciation of the yen. >>> next, u.s.-ja