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 ...

“It is often said that Metchnikoff was the first advocate of probiotics in the early 20th century,” says Toshihisa Ota, the science representative at Yakult Honsha’s Public Relations Department.