TOKYO -- Deaths and hospitalizations have been reported among a number of people who consumed a mold-based supplement manufactured by a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Osaka-based Kobayashi ...

Commonly reported symptoms include swelling, fatigue, and reduced kidney function," the Japan Times reported. Derived from red rice fermented with the fungus Monascus purpureus, Beni Koji offers a ...

The products include fermented salted squid, senbei rice crackers and Japanese sake. Authorities in Taiwan say they found records that two firms there imported products containing the beni-koji ...

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