While the Golden Arches does a pretty stellar job with Happy Meal toys in the United States, ask a traveler, and they’ll tell you Japan is where it’s at. Not only does the menu have some offerings we ...

New Pokemon themed toys will appear in Japan via the McDonald’s Happy Meal, which is alternatively known in the country as Happy Set. The fast food chain’s Japanese branch has confirmed that these ...

Capsule toy vending machines, or 'gacha' machines, can be found all over Japan. They dispense random toys and collectibles for a small fee, with themed machines covering everything from popular anime ...

TOKYO — A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in ...

One store, in Tokyo's famous Akihabara electronics district, is crammed with around 500 capsule toy vending machines stretching out as far as the eye can see TOKYO, Japan – A tiny replica of an ...

Kyodo gangu are the traditional folk toys of Japan. These simple dolls and figurines made from clay, wood and paper were what parents used to give to children at playtime, but are now more coveted by ...

J. is an otaku who pursued writing as a career to delve deeper into her passions. She loves browsing JSTOR and writing response essays in one of her many journals but often gets sidetracked looking at ...

The toy market in Japan is on an upward trend despite the country's declining birthrate, boosted by robust demand by adults seeing gadgets as an affordable hobby and means to connect with others via ...