Yakult Honsha

Summary

Yakult Honsha is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (464 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yakult Honsha was a member of Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association^[3].
• Yakult Honsha is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Yakult Honsha is in the country of JP^[5].
• Yakult Honsha's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Yakult Honsha's instance of is recorded as public company^[7].
• Yakult Honsha's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[8].
• Yakult Honsha's founder is recorded as Minoru Shirota^[9].
• Yakult Honsha's headquarters location is recorded as Kaigan^[10].
• Yakult Honsha's headquarters location is recorded as Tokyo^[11].
• Yakult Honsha's child organization or unit is recorded as Tokyo Yakult Swallows^[12].
• Yakult Honsha's child organization or unit is recorded as Yakult Central Institute^[13].
• Yakult Honsha's Commons category is recorded as Yakult Honsha^[14].
• Yakult Honsha's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange^[15].
• 1955 marks the founding of Yakult Honsha^[16].
• 1949-01-28 marks the founding of Yakult Honsha^[17].
• Yakult Honsha's official website is recorded as http://www.yakult.co.jp/^[18].
• Yakult Honsha's official website is recorded as http://www.yakult.co.jp/english/^[19].
• Yakult Honsha's product or material produced is recorded as Yakult^[20].
• Yakult Honsha's legal form is recorded as kabushiki gaisha^[21].
• Yakult Honsha's legal form is recorded as T417^[22].
• Yakult Honsha's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+31001'}^[23].
• Yakult Honsha's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+54859'}^[24].
• Yakult Honsha's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+62200'}^[25].
• Yakult Honsha's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20400'}^[26].
• Yakult Honsha's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21300'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 353800YJPSPGG7KI0S71^[28]

• Registered legal name: 株式会社ヤクルト本社^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: JP^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): T417^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1949-01-28^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2018-01-18^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-18^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-01-18^[38]

• Managing LOU: 353800279ADEFGKNTV65^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000412^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 0104-01-029746^[41]

• Other names: Yakult Honsha Co., LTD.^[42]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[43]

Body

Founding

Yakult Honsha's founder is recorded as Minoru Shirota^[9]. Recorded inception include 1955^[16] and 1949-01-28^[17].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kaigan^[10], a chōchō^[44], in Japan^[45] and Tokyo^[11], a metropolitan prefecture^[46], in Japan^[47], founded in 1868^[48], headquartered in Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building^[49]. Subsidiaries include Tokyo Yakult Swallows^[12], a baseball team^[50], in Japan^[51], founded in 1950^[52], headquartered in Tokyo^[53] and Yakult Central Institute^[13], a facility^[54], in Japan^[55], founded in 1955^[56].

Ownership

Yakult Honsha's stock exchange is recorded as Tokyo Stock Exchange^[15]. Its product or material produced is recorded as Yakult^[20].

Why It Matters

Yakult Honsha ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (464 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[57] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[58]