Despite Japan's reputation as a vending machine heaven, inflation has driven some companies that sell canned and bottled ...

This is a sponsored story, created and edited exclusively by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Tokyo Updates website. Japan's vending machines are one of the things that stand out the most to tourists ...

From the summit of Mount Fuji to the most remote corners of the countryside, vending machines are just about everywhere in Japan, as much a convenience as a symbol of efficiency, near-flawless ...