TOKYO -- Foreign tourists to Japan are often amazed by the number of vending machines lining the streets. But once the country reopens its doors to tourism, visitors might be in for an even bigger ...

For 24 hours, I lived solely on vending machine foods in Tokyo, exploring a variety of options including hot dogs, burgers, ...

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, ...

We naturally expect our vending machines to vend and to be machines. Those are the two halves of it. If you or I go stand on the street corner with a cooler full of cold drinks, no matter how many we ...