- Dec 2016 Yakult Establishes Branches in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province; Harbin, Heilongjiang Province; and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China
- Jul 2016 Yakult to Make First Foray into the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
- Jul 2016 Sales of Yakult 40 Light to Start in Brazil
- Jul 2016 Sales of Yakult to Start in the Midwestern U.S.
- May 2016 Ishoku - Dogen Workshop
- May 2016 Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. and Debiopharm International SA File Patent Infringement for Elplat® against Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
- May 2016 Yakult Establishes Branches in Kunming, Yunnan Province, and Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
- Apr 2016 Completion of the New Yakult Central Institute
- Feb 2016 Sales of Yakult to Start in Kolkata, India