A 34-year-old office worker surnamed Kim was surprised to see how expensive bananas have become amid a series of news stories that the soaring U.S. dollar has sharply raised the prices of imported fruit. “I have been purchasing bananas once a week for many years, but I have never seen their price go so high as it is now. It makes me hesitate to grab one when I see how much it costs,” Kim said.
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At a briefing in May, Japan's Agriculture Minister quantified the illicit Chinese farming of Shine Muscat grapes - a preposterously expensive fruit engineered by Japanese breeders over 18 years. Read more at straitstimes.com.