A pair of melons grown in the northern Japan city of Yubari, Hokkaido, sold for 120,000 yen ($1,100) in the season's first auction on Monday, 2.4 percent of the price at last year's auction amid the new coronavirus outbreak.Prices for a couple of premium cantaloupe at the wholesale market have generally gone over above 1 million yen in recent years, with the all-time high of 5 million yen paid last year and 3.2 million yen in 2018."The result (this year) mirrors the situation of the novel coronavirus pandemic," said an official at the wholesale market.The successful bidder, a fruit and vege…READ FULL ARTICLE
