Toki Shirite Koso

[Machine Translation] Noboru Nagamatsu was born in Kitakyushu City at the end of the Meiji era. He is the founder of Yakult, one of Japan's leading companies. He was one of the first to focus on preventive medicine and pursued the spread of food products that contribute to good health. With a keen eye for the times, he expanded the business by introducing a franchise system and utilizing the power of women, and even after he retired from the company, he continued to pursue his dreams until he fell ill. This is the story of his successes and setbacks, which until now had never been told.

明治の末、北九州市に生まれた永松昇。日本を代表する企業・ヤクルトの創業者である。いち早く予防医学に着目し、健康に寄与する食品の普及を追求。フランチャイズ方式の導入や女性の力の活用など、時代を見る確かな目で事業を拡大、退陣後も病に倒れるまで夢の実現を目指した。これまで語られることがなかった彼の成功と挫折の軌跡。