Five dead and more than 100 in hospital in Japanese health supplements scare

Akihiro Kobayashi, president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co (Yohei Fukuyama/Kyodo News via AP)

In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died and more than 100 people were in hospital as of Friday.

Osaka-based Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co came under fire for not going public quickly with problems known internally as early as January.