Japanese candy surpasses American in many regards. The candies feature exciting, unusual flavors (musk melon, kabocha pumpkin, soy sauce), packaging that’s covered with animated figures and ...

If I were to tell you that something is long, what would you think of? If you’re a fisherman, maybe you’re thinking of a good fly fishing rod. If you’re a long haul trucker, maybe it’s the highway. If ...

Cost Plus World Market has a little bit of everything, including candies and other food from all over the world. I like to raid the candy options every time I'm in the store, and every time, I find a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sakuma’s Drops candy will be discontinued as its Tokyo-based maker Sakuma Seika Co. goes out of business due to poor sales. With ...

After living in Japan for months as an exchange student, it’s equal parts familiar and different. And this extends to snacks. Find an American favorite with a Japanese twist, like Blueberry Pringles ...

Has there ever been a bigger Japanese-sweets-overseas success story than Hi-Chew? Sure, Japanese dessert flavors, like matcha and sakura, have made inroads in other countries, as have certain sweet ...

Things weren’t exactly easy. In fact, many stores in Japan didn’t even want to carry the product. Sweets that you drink out of a plastic toilet? Eh… But now, Moko Moko Mokoletto is flushed with ...

Japanese confectioner Morinaga’s Hi-Chew candies have become an international hit and they owe a lot of that success to their wide variety of fruity flavors. In addition to mainstays like strawberry, ...

The story was updated on Sept. 18, 2024. The Japanese maker of a popular fruity candy secured local incentives worth $2.9 million Tuesday to help expand its operations in Mebane, adding 204 more jobs ...

TOKYO — When you enter a store devoted to the good ol' KitKat chocolate bar, and suddenly find flavors available in green tea, raspberry, pistachio, maple, strawberry and even a bar that's ...