Before there was a Starbucks on every corner, time-crunched Americans could get a quick caffeine fix straight from their office vending machines. But nowadays, coffee vending machines offering piping ...

Good food can come from unexpected places in Japan's capital. Jeremie Souteyrat / laif / Redux In Tokyo, good eats can be found in the most unexpected places, like the basement of a department store, ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - After Japan granted more freedom to commercial whalers, a company turned the once hard to find meat into a convenient (yet expensive) snack. On December 26, 2018, the Ministry of ...

TOKYO — The vending machine at Hiroshi Nishitani’s Tokyo ramen restaurant has been reliable for a decade. Customers feed it money, and it prints out their orders while he makes fresh noodles in the ...

Japan's vending machines go far beyond snacks and drinks, offering everything from hot meals and fresh eggs to umbrellas and anime collectibles. With millions of machines nationwide, they are a ...