{"id":67940,"date":"2018-03-01T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=67940"},"modified":"2018-03-08T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T16:14:09","slug":"vending-machines-fill-in-for-a-labor-shortage-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/vending-machines-fill-in-for-a-labor-shortage-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vending machines fill in for a labor shortage in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"drop cap\">Tourists are often surprised by the large number of vending machines in Japan. \u201cWhen you are thirsty, you always have something to drink, because there are vending machines for everything,\u201d said visitor Angelica Spadaro.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 5.5 million vending machines in Japan &#8212; one for every 23 people. It&#8217;s the highest ratio in the world. The machines sell everything from tampons to cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Vending machines fill in for a labor shortage in Japan\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/258400839?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With Japan&#8217;s aging population, low crime-rate and obsession for automation, the proliferation of vending machines says a lot about the country&#8217;s unique culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Japan without vending machines cannot be called Japan,&#8221;\u00a0said Qui Suiyu, a Chinese graduate student who was born in Japan. &#8220;That\u2019s how I feel. It is a signature of Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Visitors in Japan are using vending machines at Tokyo&#8217;s &#8220;Electronic Town&#8221; Akihabara. Feb. 11, 2018. 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