From hot canned coffee and corn soup to highballs, dashi, and even gyoza, Japan’s vending machines offer a fascinating look ...

America's love affair with vending machines goes back generations. There are about 7 million vending machines in the country, selling Americans sodas, snacks and sundries — and bringing in nearly $22 ...

Commuters stopping at a train station in Akita prefecture in Japan can stop to buy bear meat. The meat is dispensed through a vending machine for about $17 for half a pound. The meat comes from bears ...

After struggling to promote its controversial products for years, a Japanese whaling operator is trying a new way to cultivate sales: whale meat vending machines. The Kujira (Whale) Store, which ...

If you are planning to visit Japan, you will find vending machines everywhere! Here's why they will become your companion during your travel trip. Being prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, Japan has ...

SEMBOKU, Japan — A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears, listed as a vulnerable species, caught in traps or in the ...

TOKYO – There is the Good Life. There is the Hard Knock Life. And, if there’s no such thing as the perfect life, there is something that comes close, something that Japanese citizens understand, use ...

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If you are planning to visit Japan, you will find vending machines everywhere! Here's why they will become your companion during your travel trip. Being prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, Japan has ...