Yakult's business activities began with founder Dr Minoru Shirota’s pursuit to build a body that is resilient to disease. The origins for Dr Shirota’s beliefs are in the philosophy of Shirota ...

“Several decades later, Yakult’s founder, Minoru Shirota, observed that lactic acid bacteria suppress harmful bacteria in the intestines. Since then, much has been published about the effects ...

Millions of people around the world drinks Yakult every day. Each bottle contains billions of the live and active probiotic L. paracasei strain Shirota. New York attorney general warns users to ...

casei strain Shirota), as well as marketing activities for disseminating information of its research findings and its products’ health benefits through mass media and Yakult Ladies, which ...

Riding the coattails of Yakult Honsha Co.'s Yakult 1000 probiotic ... one bottle of the probiotic drink contains about 100 billion of the Shirota strain of lactic acid bacteria.