AS Taiwan's economy becomes mired in the doldrums, claw crane arcades where customers lower a grabber to try to pick up a prize from a glass box are booming as affordable entertainment, while ...

- From cigarettes to candy - This year, the industry is officially celebrating the 60th anniversary of these construction crane-inspired machines in Japan. But they have actually been around since ...

TOKYO, Japan — As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls — not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines. In one of these gaming ...