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 ...

Characters from some of the most popular anime are part of a new toy series for Bandai Co.’s high-end “gacha gacha” capsule vending machines that cost up to 2,500 yen ($24) a spin. The first batch ...

Shenmue Capsule Toys are collectables you can find throughout the game. Though they are entirely optional, finding them will unlock certain Shenmue Trophies and Achievements, with 50 required in total ...

There are certain places in Japan where you can pretty much always find capsule toy vending machines. Electronics shops, for example, usually have a row of them near their entrance or in the corner of ...

TOKONAME, Aichi -- Capsule toys sold from vending machines at Chubu Centrair International Airport are becoming a popular souvenir item for foreign tourists leaving Japan. Earlier this month, T-Arts ...