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by qingcharles 99 days ago
Yakult is a Japanese company? I always assumed from the name it came from mainland Europe somewhere. They did a Häagen-Dazs on me. Especially as the Japanese often come up with Western names like this that aren't even spellable in kana.
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> Yakult (ヤクルト, Yakuruto) is a Japanese sweetened probiotic milk beverage fermented with the bacteria strain Lacticaseibacillus casei Shirota. It is sold by Yakult Honsha based in Tokyo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakult

You should have also quoted the next sentence: The name "Yakult" was coined from jahurto, an Esperanto word meaning "yogurt".
The plaid trim on the official uniform definitely gives it a Scottish aesthetic.