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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A vending machine menu offering Asian Black Bear meat, Akita Beef and dried mountain stream fish is seen in front of a Soba Noodle ...

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A new set of whale meat vending machines debuted in Japan this week. Kyodo Senpaku Co., a Japanese whaling operator, unveiled them in the port town of Yokohama, approximately 20 miles from its capital ...

A woman cycles past two vending machines next to a clock shop in Tokyo’s Bunkyo district on April 14, 2026 – Copyright AFP Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS From post ...

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You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Japan just took convenience to the next level with a bear meat vending machine at one of its train ...

SEMBOKU, Japan, April 6 (Reuters) - A remote Japanese town has taken to selling bear meat from a vending machine, sourcing its supply to Asian black bears, listed as a vulnerable species, caught in ...