Ohashi uses the vending machines and their locations to show the diversity of Japan's many regions and the contrast between Japan's urban future and its rural past. Ohashi told Business Insider ...

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We all know that Japan is the land of vending machines, with automated retail terminals selling everything from hot sauce to potential marriages. They’re also sources of technological innovation as ...

And the shop emphasizes it only uses ingredients produced in Japan. “We used to make vending machines for a few years after the war, but we no longer make them, nor can we repair them,” a ...

Japan has shown the world that wonderful things can be distributed through a vending machine -- from tiny Nikon camera replicas, to Nintendo controller keychains. But I’m especially jealous of ...

The new vending machines have a slightly larger footprint thanks to an additional generator module on the side. That’s where the hydrogen cartridges are installed, and where the chemical reaction ...

Vending machines in Japan will offer free food and drink in the event of a major earthquake or typhoon. Two machines have been installed in the western coastal city of Ako, which lies in a region ...