TOKYO -- Japan's Yakult Honsha is seizing on China's economic reopening as a chance to regain its footing in a longtime core market for its probiotic drinks, hoping to revive a dormant growth engine.
The company debuted its seventh Chinese plant in the city of Wuxi late last month, adding 900,000 bottles a day to its production capacity. The opening was delayed well past the original plan of April 2022 amid coronavirus-related lockdowns.
