Commuters stopping at a train station in Akita prefecture in Japan can stop to buy bear meat. The meat is dispensed through a vending machine for about $17 for half a pound. The meat comes from bears ...

A Japanese noodle manufacturer has launched the world’s first canned ramen made with wheat noodles which will soon be available in vending machines across the country. Maruyama Seimen’s canned version ...

A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele and bolster sales: whale meat vending ...

Japan's ailing vending machine industry is looking to indulgences like caviar and fresh sashimi to stymie its decades-long decline. Aided by the pandemic push for minimizing contact with others, ...

Konomu Kubo, a spokesman for Kyodo Senpaku Co., explains how whale meat is being sold from a vending machine at the firm’s store Thursday in Yokohama, Japan. Ha Kwyeon/Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan ...

The wild boar meat sold in the vending machine comes from boars captured in the mountains in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese whaling ...