株式会社薫製倶楽部 News Releases

10 Media Outlets Reported 'Puberulic Acid Identified as Causal Substance,' with 6 Maintaining Their Coverage — Filing of 20th Administrative Review Request Challenging MHLW's Claim of 'No Public Disclosure'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has filed its 20th administrative review request, challenging the Ministry of … · 2026-07-16

Animal Testing Samples Lack Receipt Records or Approval Documents — Administrative Review Request Filed with Health Minister Over Untraceable Sample Use (19th in Series)

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has filed an administrative review request challenging the Ministry of Health,… · 2026-07-15

Administrative Appeal Filed Against Osaka City's Decision of Non-Existence Regarding Use of the Term "Puberulic Acid"

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. (Hayashima-cho, Tsukubo-gun, Okayama Prefecture, Representative Director: Masa… · 2026-06-29

Was the scientific verification of "raw materials" and "manufacturing methods" required by HACCP conducted?

PR97 Was the scientific verification of "raw materials" and "manufacturing methods" required by HAC… · 2026-07-08

Fourth Administrative Appeal Request - Osaka City Responded "Premised on the Existence of Puberulic Acid," Seeking Revocation of Decision on "No Decision Made, Document Non-Existent"

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. (Hayashima Town, Tsukubo District, Okayama Prefecture, Representative Director… · 2026-06-30

[Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Incident] Administrative Appeal Filed Against Non-Disclosure Decision (Sho-Shoku-Ki No. 187) by the Food Safety Standards Review Division of the Consumer Affairs Agency (5th Appeal)

On June 15, 2026, our company (Kunsei Club Co., Ltd.) filed an administrative appeal seeking the rev… · 2026-07-01

"There is no record of announcing puberulic acid as the cause of health damage" - MHLW (Document disclosed April 22, 2026)

[Panel 1] MHLW Announcement (Not a Press Conference) [Panel 2] Questioner's Doubts The Ministry of … · 2026-07-02

Three Administrative Review Requests Submitted En Masse to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (16th, 17th, and 18th Overall) Targeting the April 22 Non-Disclosure Decision Stating 'There Is No Fact of Publicizing Puberulic Acid'

On April 22, 2026, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare decided not to disclose documents (non… · 2026-07-05

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Fails to Respond to Questions from Two National Diet Members

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. (Hayashima-cho, Tsukubo-gun, Okayama Prefecture, Representative Director and P… · 2026-07-06

2024 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: Information Disclosure Request to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Reveals 225 Companies Publicly Named, No Official Record of Decision-Making

An information disclosure request to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) revealed that… · 2026-05-11

Kunsei Club Submits Administrative Review Request Against Consumer Affairs Agency's Non-Disclosure Decision (No. 319 Food Labeling Division)

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has filed an administrative review request to overturn the Consumer Affairs Ag… · 2026-06-18

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: Consumer Affairs Agency's Consumer Safety Division Confirmed by Phone — Source Cited, but Discrepancy with MHLW Document Remains 'Unknown'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has filed an administrative review request against the Consumer Affairs Agency… · 2026-06-17

The Actual Product Strain BP-412 of Beni-Koji Choleste Help Was Not Used in Co-Culture Testing — The Issue of an Industrial Mutant Strain Recognizable by Authorities —

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has filed a formal objection to the Yoshinari paper (Yoshinari et al., 2025) p… · 2026-06-15

Public Inquiry Requesting Disclosure of Evidence That 'Red Yeast Rice Contained Puberulic Acid' and Full Disclosure of 'Scientific Basis for Identifying Puberulic Acid'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. sent official inquiry letters to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, O… · 2026-06-16

Public Inquiry Sent to Four Government Agencies Regarding Industrial Mutant Strain (BP-412) in Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's 'Beni-Koji Choleste Help'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has submitted a public inquiry to four government agencies, including the Osak… · 2026-06-12

NIHS Publishes Info as 'Information on Causative Substance'; MHLW States 'No Official Announcement of Puberulic Acid as Causative Substance' - Open Letter Sent to NIHS Regarding the Positioning of the Puberulic Acid Announcement -

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has sent an open letter to the National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) re… · 2026-05-25

Factory Blue Mold Origin Unverifiable on Announcement Date; Chain of Custody Undisclosed

Kunsei Club verified that administrative records do not prove the factory blue mold origin was ident… · 2026-06-05

Discrepancy in 'Puberulic Acid' Explanation Between Consumer Affairs Agency and MHLW; Kunsei Club Sends Formal Inquiry but MHLW Remains Silent Past Deadline

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has confirmed discrepancies in explanations regarding the red yeast rice issue… · 2026-05-21

[Red Yeast Rice Incident Research Report] The Choice of Industrially Mutated Strains Questioned by a Millennium of Red Yeast Rice Culture — Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Did Not Distinguish Between Strains with a Thousand Years of Dietary History and Those Without —

On June 9, 2026, Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. published a research report on the Kobayashi Pharmaceutical r… · 2026-06-09

[Red Yeast Rice Incident Research Report Vol. 3] Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's Beni-Koji CholesteHelp Industrial Mutant Strain and the L-Tryptophan Incident: Safety Evaluation Issues Raised by Past Cases

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has published the third report in its 'Red Yeast Rice Incident Research Report… · 2026-06-11

Open questionnaire sent to Consumer Affairs Agency regarding inter-ministerial discrepancies

Kunsei Club sent an open questionnaire to the Consumer Affairs Agency Commissioner on June 3, 2026, … · 2026-06-03

MAFF Denies Using the Term 'Puberulic Acid' in Disclosure, While MHLW States 'No Fact of Publication as a Causative Agent'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has sent a public inquiry to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheri… · 2026-06-01

Open Letter Demanding Disclosure of Evidence of Puberulic Acid in Red Yeast Rice, and Full Disclosure of Puberulic Acid Identification Basis Documents – Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Osaka City Public Health Center Fail to Respond After Deadline

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Osaka City P… · 2026-06-08

[Notice of Sending Open Questionnaire] Formal Request to MHLW, Osaka City Health Center, and NIHS for Disclosure of 'Evidence that Red Yeast Rice Contained Puberulic Acid'

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has sent an open questionnaire to the MHLW and other agencies, demanding discl… · 2026-05-29

[Benikoji Incident Research Report Vol. 2] Ethical Issues Logically Concluded from the Use of Industrial Mutant Strains — Insights from Comparison with Antibiotic Manufacturing: Ingesting Unknown Substances with No Dietary History, Whole, at High Concentrations, and Long-Term

In the second report of the "Benikoji Incident Research Report" series, Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. points… · 2026-06-10

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: Osaka City Health Center states no organizational decision made regarding Puberulic Acid, but it was treated as a premise in response; claims 'no discrepancy' in food poisoning handling.

Regarding Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's red yeast rice issue, the Osaka City Health Center stated that … · 2026-05-27

2024 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: Information Disclosure Request to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Reveals 225 Companies Publicly Named, No Official Record of Decision-Making

An information disclosure request to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) revealed that… · 2026-05-11

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: No Administrative Records for Puberulic Acid

Kunsei Club announced that after requesting information from 5 government agencies regarding the 202… · 2026-04-28

Kobayashi Pharma Beni-Koji Case: Causative Substance Announced Without Evidence Procedures, Sample Origin Unconfirmed in Official Documents

Kunsei Club Co., Ltd. has raised serious questions about the administrative procedures behind the Mi… · 2026-05-18

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Red Yeast Rice Incident: No Administrative Records for Puberulic Acid

Kunsei Club announced that after requesting information from 5 government agencies regarding the 202… · 2026-04-28