The Japan TimesA research team in Japan has uncovered a part of the mechanism by which a substance found in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's supplements containing red fermented rice triggered kidney damage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/05/japan/science-health/benikoji-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #kobayashipharmaceutical #medicine
Media Japanhttps://www.wacoca.com/media/543050/ 企業人に送る110のメッセージ 解説・牛島信著『日本の生き残る道』 | JAPAN Forward #afterword #book #books #Business #CorporateGovernance #FujiMediaHoldings #HironoriKato #KobayashiPharmaceutical #ShinUshijima #TheOnlyWayToSurviveForJapan #書籍
Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical will accelerate efforts to reform its corporate culture marked by workers' reliance on top management, Chairman Yoshihito Ota has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/04/companies/kobayashi-pharmaceutical-corporate-culture-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kobayashipharmaceutical #osaka #pharmaceuticals #health #corporategovernance
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical remains only halfway through overhauling its corporate governance, as it struggles to restore public trust after health problems linked to some of its dietary supplements more than a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/08/companies/kobayashi-reform-founding-family/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kobayashipharmaceutical #pharmaceuticals #corporategovernance #koji #health #norikazutoyoda
The head of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has promised that it will never cause health damage again, following a high-profile scare last year caused by its supplements containing red fermented rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/04/companies/kobayashi-health-scare/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kobayashipharmaceutical #pharmaceuticals #norikazutoyoda
In the wake of a health scandal involving its supplements last year, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has suffered its first year-on-year decline in group net profit since its 1999 stock listing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/11/companies/kobayashi-pharma-profit-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kobayashipharmaceutical #health #pharmaceutical
Oasis Management plans to sue the former Kobayashi Pharmaceutical chairman and others over a health hazard scandal involving beni kōji rice supplements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/29/japan/crime-legal/oasis-management-sues-kobayashi-pharma-execs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kobayashipharmaceutical #oasismanagement #pharmaceuticals #japanesecourts
A team of researchers at Osaka University has linked Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s beni kōji red yeast rice supplements to persistent kidney damage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/08/japan/science-health/beni-koji-damage-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kobayashipharmaceutical #pharmaceuticals #health
Hong Kong-based activist investor Oasis Management has increased its equity stake in Japan's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, rocked by a high-profile health hazard scandal over its supplements containing red fermented rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/26/companies/hong-kong-fund-kobayashi-pharma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #oasismanagement #kobayashipharmaceutical #investments
A Taiwanese consumer group sued Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical for compensation for health issues allegedly caused by products related to its beni kōji red fermented rice on Friday, Taiwanese media reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/28/kobayashi-pharma-sued-taiwan/ #business #food #health #kobayashipharmaceutical #koji #taiwan #lawsuits
