Japan has a well-deserved reputation as the world’s most enthusiastic country when it comes to vending machines. In downtown Tokyo, it seems like you can find a machine selling drinks on just about ...

The Lego Ideas Minifigure Vending Machine is a fun, nostalgic, and interactive set that’s perfect for adult fans. Priced at $180 and packed with 1,343 pieces, this build is more than just a display ...

The mini Marukome package charms modeled on miso packages are seen in this photo provided by Marukome Co. TOKYO -- Realistic miniature capsule toys modeled on packages of a popular miso brand are ...

(THE JAPAN NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Getting your hands on an encapsulated toy from a "gacha-gacha" vending machine will usually set you back several hundred yen. Next month, however, one such machine ...

"Gashapon Department Store Ikebukuro Sohonten," a capsule toy specialty store, is seen in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, Aug. 1, 2025. (Mainichi/Reina Kamoda) TOKYO -- The capsule toy market in Japan has seen ...

The head offices of Kitan Club strike one as more toy shop than corporate outpost. Visitors are greeted at the main entrance by life-size figures of a shoebill and a gorilla, and toys great and small ...