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00:02Two top executives at Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical are resigning amid an investigation
00:08into 80 deaths that could be linked to some of the company's Benikoshi fermented rice
00:12products.
00:14Company president Akihiro Kobayashi and chairman Kazumasa Kobayashi, both from the founding
00:19family, have stepped down to clarify executive responsibility over the issue.
00:23In March, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical recalled five products after the company reported kidney
00:27problems and opened a hotline for advice.
00:30The company later found a potentially toxic acid produced by mold at one of its factories.
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