Chocolate is one of the most popular candies on the planet, but did you ever think about how it’s created? We asked the owner of Dwaar Chocolate in Keego Harbor to explain how they transform raw cocoa beans into smooth chocolate bars.

(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)TOKYO – Japan’s coronavirus cases have topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the health ministry said Friday. According to health ministry data, nearly half of the new patients were in their 20s and 30s. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:— Customs agents in the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong have seized 100,000 counterfeit face masks and arrested one person. — India reported 48,648 new coronavirus cases, continuing a monthlong slowing trend in infections even as the country adds to its 8 million cases. The Health Ministry also reported 563 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, raising the confirmed death toll to 121,090.