Apples and mandarin oranges in winter. Japan is blessed with mouthwatering seasonal fruit throughout the year. And yet, fruit consumption remains relatively low. The health ministry’s latest ...

Shipments of loquats have started in the city of Nagasaki, the largest producer of the fruit in Japan. On March 18, a ...

So what is it that makes this fruit so expensive? From the Yubari King to the Andes, the Higo green melon, and many more, melons are grown up and down Japan, and they're serious business.

He stopped the bulldozers without a plan. But the first year, he was able to sell his fruit to an organic baby-food processor. Then, a Japanese-American fruit buyer who went to college with Mas ...

“I made up my mind to reduce their cultivation starting next year,” he said. In Japan, fruit-bearing pear trees were planted over 9,820 hectares in the 2023 production year, down about 20 ...

Mikan is the Japanese name for the fruit Citrus unshiu, a type of mandarin, which is popular among Japanese people for its health benefits and sweet, fruity taste. The Maana mikan are known for a ...

Baskin Robbins in Japan will release One Piece flavors in April 2025 that are inspired by the Devil Fruits they eat in the series.

The weak yen is not helping the situation. The Japan Fruit Juice Association says prices of imported orange juice surged last year by more than 50 percent in yen terms. Officials with Morinaga ...

"Rather than simply chasing after others, China is carving out new areas of advancement. While it does not follow Japan's ...