SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Grabbing instant ramen from a vending machine is going upscale. A new vending machine has made its debut in San Francisco and it is serving up gourmet ramen. The Yo-Kai Express ...

Because we inhabit a social-media–driven dystopia where value is affixed to likes, follows and “personal brand,” it was only a matter of time before the backbone of this hellscape became monetary ...

Manna may have come from heaven, but ramen comes from machines. In eight hours, Bullex’s Bigger Automatic Instant Noodle Production Line produces nearly a quarter million bags of noodles. Enough to ...

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 ...

TOKYO >> Japan’s Tokyo Metro Co. installed a vending machine in a subway station in December that sells frozen ramen and gyoza from famous restaurants. Restaurant business in the commercial areas ...

It isn’t a recent thing that Japanese vending machine technology has surpassed that of other nations with cutting edge innovations like touchscreens, or fresh concepts like the banana vending machine.

Japan isn’t shy when it comes to stretching the limits of what you can buy in vending machines. From the convenient (vending machines dispensing masks and antibacterial wipes set up in the midst of ...

Japan isn’t shy when it comes to stretching the limits of what you can buy in vending machines. From the convenient (vending machines dispensing masks and antibacterial wipes set up in the midst of ...