Tens of hundreds of merchandising machines are vanishing from Japan, as machines that when symbolised the nation’s love of innovation are shunned in a local weather of rising inflation and deepening labour shortages, the FT’s Harry Dempsey explains.
The nation’s inventory of two.2mn drinks merchandising machines is down 23% from its bubble-era peak in 1985, in keeping with the Japan Vending System Manufacturers Association.
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