Japan-based Yakult Honsha is closing a factory in China as part of changes to try to make its local business more competitive. The sales division will be transferred to a newly established branch in ...

Yakult U.S.A. Inc. has begun production of its probiotic drink at its new Fountain Valley manufacturing plant. Yakult U.S.A. is part of Tokyo, Japan-based Yakult Honsha Co., which operates ...

Japan-based Yakult Honsha has opened a second factory in the Philippines to produce its namesake probiotic milk beverages. Yakult invested 2bn pesos ($34m) in the facility, which will initially ...

Japan-based Yakult Honsha is closing a factory in China as part of changes to try to make its local business more competitive. Yakult will dissolve Shanghai Yakult, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yakult ...

Yakult began local production in China in 2002 at its Guangzhou factory and entered the Shanghai market in 2003. Credit: Dhodi Syailendra/Shutterstock. Japan-based Yakult Honsha is closing a factory ...