Jun 2011

Personnel Change of Directors and Executive Officers

May 2011

Production and Sale of Yakult LT to Start in Hong Kong

May 2011

Sales of Yakult to Begin in Hanoi, Vietnam
-Yakult Vietnam to set up its second operating base in the country-

Apr 2011

Notice of Personnel Change of Representative Director and Introduction of Executive Officer System

Apr 2011

4SC and Yakult Honsha Announce Exclusive License Agreement for Japan for the Oral HDAC Inhibitor Resminostat

Mar 2011

Aeterna Zentaris and Yakult Honsha Sign a Development, Commercialization and Licensing Agreement for Lead Oncology Compound, Perifosine, for the Japanese Market

Jan 2011

Yakult Formulates Long-Term Vision "Yakult Vision 2020"

Jan 2011

Daily consumption of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) reduces the incidence of upper respiratory tract infections, drinking Yakult daily Yakult trial at Loughborough University, UK

Aug 2010

Daily Intake of "Yakult" is Efficacious in Reducing the Incidence of Acute Diarrhea in Young Children

Jun 2010

Yakult to Construct Plant in the U.S. State of California

Jul 2009

Celsion and Yakult Honsha Announce Start-up of Japanese Clinical Trial Sites in Celsion's Global Phase III ThermoDox® Trial for Primary Liver Cancer

Jul 2009

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. Extends Sponsorship as an Official Partner of the FINA World Championships and the FINA World Swimming Championships

Dec 2008

Yakult Honsha Announces Exclusive Japan License Agreement with Celsion Corporation for ThermoDox®

Oct 2008

Start of sales of Yakult in Belize – the country nicknamed the "Jewel of the Caribbean"

Aug 2008

Yakult Honsha to Commence ThermoDox® Development Program in Japan

Apr 2008

Full-Scale Sales of "Yakult" to Begin in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Aug 2007

Initial Sales of "Yakult" to Begin in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Jun 2007

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd Announces License Agreement for Satraplatin for Japan with GPC Biotech

Jun 2007

Test Sales of "Yakult" to Begin in Vancouver, Canada

Jan 2007

The Bifidobacteria Fermented Milk Drink, Bifiene, to Go on Sale in Europe

Jan 2007

Establishment of a Representative Office in the United Arab Emirates

Nov 2006

"Yakult" to Be Sold in Italy

Dec 2005

Start of sales of "Yakult" in Austria

Oct 2005

Yakult Oesterreich GmbH to be Established

Sep 2005

Beijing Yakult Co., Ltd to be Established

Sep 2005

Start Operations at Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology ESV

Sep 2005

The Proactive Expansion of the Global Probiotics Council

Jul 2005

Regarding Yakult's sponsorship of the FINA World Championships and World Swimming Championships (25m)

Jun 2005

Kirin Group and Yakult Honsha to Form Business Alliance

May 2005

Start of sales of "Yakult" in Hispanic market supermarkets in the United States

Apr 2005

Establishment of a Sales and Management-Type Umbrella Company in China

Apr 2005

Business Partnership Activities with Groupe Danone of France

Mar 2005

Juntendo University's First Endowed Chair Established for the Verification of the Effect of Probiotics to Prevent Infection