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18 entries
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1930 Dr. Minoru Shirota successfully cultured L. paracasei strain Shirota.
1935 Yakult is introduced to the market in Japan
1955 Yakult Research Institute is established in Kyoto
1955 Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Headquarters) is established
1963 Yakult Lady home delivery begins
1964 Yakult Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) opens. Yakult's first overseas business begins
1967 Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research is established in Kunitachi, Tokyo
1968 Yakult's iconic Plastic bottle is introduced
1972 New Headquarters building is completed in Minato-ku, Tokyo
1978 Yakult Swallows win their first Japanese Professional Baseball League Championship
1981 Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. is listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1986 Fuji Susono dairy product manufacturing plant is completed
1990 Yakult International (U.S.A.) is established
1998 Yakult is approved as 'Food for Specific Health Uses' by Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare
2005 Microbiological Research Center is established in Europe (Belgium)
2007 The name of the company in the U.S. changed to Yakult U.S.A. Inc.
2014 Yakult U.S.A. Inc. California Factory opens.
2019 Yakult U.S.A. Inc. expands U.S. sales area to the entire country
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