Japan has brought the world some truly delicious treats, but one of the best of all has to be meron pan (melon bread). We know it tastes good, but how was it invented? And why is it called that?

“I was at a Japanese supermarket the other day in LA, and I came across a $120 melon directly from Japan,” Zaragoza says as he picks up a melon and places it in his shopping cart. “I had never seen ...

YUBARI, Japan -- How much would you pay for fresh fruit? How about $29,000? That's how much two melons sold for at auction in Japan, according to Fortune Magazine. It's a new record for the most ...

Melon pan is not only delicious, but one Japanese company also thinks it can make a good mask. Osaka-based experimental think tank Goku no Kimochi The Labo has created “Mask Pan” or “Mask Bread” after ...

Two melons from Yubari in Hokkaido prefecture sold for a total of ¥1.5 million ($12,400) at the first auction of the season Friday. The yubari melons, famous for their orange flesh, are considered a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 seed is coming from Japan. We are exclusively bringing the seeds from Japan together with a seed supplier, and we are trying to simulate the growing condition, growing system from Japan to ...

TOKYO — A 2,100-year-old melon with the flesh still on the rind was unearthed in western Japan, apparently preserved underground over the centuries in a vacuum-packed state, an official said Friday.

TOKYO – A 2,100-year-old melon with the flesh still on the rind was unearthed in western Japan, apparently preserved underground over the centuries in a vacuum-packed state, an official said Friday.