Two melons were sold at an auction in the northern Japan ese city of Yubari last month for a record-breaking $45,600 to a first-time bidder, according to reports. The public auction, which took place ...

The first time I ever ate a cantaloupe was at a Bob’s Big Boy, where my mother took us to eat an American breakfast. Having just arrived from Japan, I didn’t know what to order. Then I saw the ...

SAPPORO, JAPAN — A pair of melons sold in Japan for a record three million yen in the first fruit auction of the year. That's approximately 27-thousand-200 dollars for just two melons! Yubari melons ...

A sure sign that Japan’s economy is back on track, Japan noted that a pair of its celebrated Yubari melons fetches record price of JPY800,000 (US$7,031.50) recently. The Two melons were the first to ...

TOKYO -- The latest victim of Japan's recession is round, sweet and famous for being shockingly expensive. The first two Yubari melons of the season were auctioned Friday in northern Japan and fetched ...

A pair of prize melons has sold in Japan for nearly $25,000, recovering from a pandemic price slump - Copyright JIJI PRESS/AFP STR A pair of prize melons has sold in ...

It looks like a jewelry shop with its high-end exterior. But a peek inside the sparkling glass display cases at any of Sembikiya's Tokyo outlets reveals expensive treasures of a surprising kind. From ...

Imagine going into a high-end luxury store filled with sparkling display cases, security at every turn and an attentive staff and finding not expensive jewelry but...fruit encased in the glass. In ...