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A Japanese government panel is reviewing the "functional food label" system in the wake of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's beni koji (red yeast rice) scandal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/30/japan/science-health/functional-food-label-review/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical will pay the medical bills of people who became ill after taking its troubled beni kōji fermented red rice supplements, the firm has announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/26/japan/science-health/kobayashi-pharma-medical-bills/

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More unexpected compounds have been found in some of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's beni kōji (red yeast rice) supplements that are allegedly behind a series of health problems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/20/japan/science-health/kobayashi-pharma-beni-koji-more-compounds/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s beni kōji scandal has prompted growing repercussions in Taiwan, where health authorities have announced steps that will help consumers get refunds from the Japanese drugmaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/11/japan/science-health/taiwan-kobayashi-pharma-pills/

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Kidney doctors nationwide have received health complaints from 95 people who took Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s beni kōji red yeast rice supplements, the health ministry has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/09/japan/science-health/health-ministry-beni-koji-presser/

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Nearly two weeks have passed since Kobayashi Pharmaceutical first reported health concerns over its red yeast rice supplements — but tracking down its tainted products in the supply chain is proving to be extremely difficult. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/04/japan/science-health/beni-koji-supply-chain/

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The health ministry and local authorities on Saturday inspected a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in Osaka following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its red yeast rice dietary supplements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/30/japan/science-health/kobayashi-pharma-factory-inspected/

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Scandal-hit Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said on Friday that a chemical compound naturally made from blue mold may have been the cause of the health damage linked to its beni kо̄ji (red yeast rice) dietary supplements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/29/japan/science-health/kobayashi-pharma-apologizes-in-presser/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s growing scandal over its red yeast supplements has reignited a debate on Japan’s “functional food” labels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/29/japan/science-health/japan-functional-food-label-under-scrutiny/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said Friday that it has confirmed a fifth death linked to its beni kо̄ji red yeast rice dietary supplements. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/29/japan/kobayashi-pharma-confirms-fifth-death/

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Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals is finding itself in increasingly hot water over its red fermented rice supplements. Here's what we know so far about the deaths linked to its products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/28/japan/science-health/explainer-beni-koji-kobayashi/

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Kobayashi Pharma's red yeast dietary supplements had already been implicated in two other deaths from kidney-related conditions and over 100 hospitalizations, according to the health ministry, which conducted a hearing with the Osaka-based company. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/28/japan/science-health/two-more-deaths-linked-kobayashi-pharma-supplements/

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Two deaths involving users of a supplement containing beni kо̄ji red fermented rice made by Osaka's Kobayashi Pharmaceutical have been reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/27/japan/society/two-fatal-cases-kobayashi-supplements/

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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical reported on Tuesday that one individual, believed to have regularly consumed its health supplements containing a type of yeast-fermented rice called beni kōji, has died of kidney disease. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/26/japan/science-health/japan-health-supplement-death/

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At least 26 people have been hospitalized after taking dietary supplements produced by Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, which are being recalled due to reports of kidney and other health problems. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/25/japan/science-health/kobayashi-pharmaceutical-26-cases/

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If you’re ready to jump down the rabbit hole and start experimenting with ‘kōji,’ this recipe shows you how. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/02/18/food-drink/daly-food-recipe-koji-pork-kojicon/

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Some folks who love get nervous about because it's a mold.

Mold is a fungi.

Did you know that yeast are also fungi?

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