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 ...

At slightly over 5 million nationwide, vending machines are everywhere in Japan. They are on nearly every block in Tokyo and dotted across even the most spartan landscapes in the country's vast rural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iseki is a Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturing company that aims to modernize Japanese agriculture. Its rice harvesting ...

Kotaku credits the rise of vending machines in Japan to the country's population boom after World War II. They offered vendors, especially beverage companies, an easy way to expand their product's ...

Vending machines are an key feature of most Japanese townscapes. But rising prices, cheaper competitors and shifting habits ...

From post offices and parks to stations and even the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan's vending machines are ubiquitous. But with ...