The 'Kobe' of Fruits, Lovingly Grown in Northern Japan. These melons are produced in the city of Yubari (Hokkaido), in the north of the country. They have a perfectly round shape, a thin ...

And in May 2019, two melons from Hokkaido sold at auction for 5 million yen. That's just over $45,000. So what is it that makes this fruit so expensive? From the Yubari King to the Andes ...

Media reports said Isshu Sugawara gave his Tokyo constituents expensive melons, oranges, roe and royal jelly. He is also said to have offered "condolence money" of 20,000 Japanese yen ($185 ...

Christie's France announced a slew of records from the €26.7m sale of Jean Siméon Chardin's masterpiece still life Cut Melon (1760), including "a world record for Chardin", "the most expensive ...