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Squeezable tanuki testicle capsule toys, with choking warning for kids, appear in Japan, but why?

The latest chapter in Japan’s long tradition of long-balled depictions of racoon dogs.

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Our reporter successfully quits high-stakes capsule machines… but this one feels like a lock!

He can stop anytime he wants. He just doesn’t want to this time.

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Will we roll in the riches or the dirt with Mulan Akiba’s 2025 capsule toy lucky bag?

A big slash in price from last year’s bag had us both intrigued and also a bit skeptical.

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Miniature keychain versions of Japan’s Death Spray are coming to capsule toy machines soon

Take home one of five little versions of the popular salt purification spray to cleanse your life of anything bad.

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Nintendo bringing real-life Zelda Zonai Device capsule toy machines to Japan【Photos】

Items from Tears of the Kingdom set to become the joy of gamers.

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Japan’s caramel gacha machines offer sweet thrills, but do they deliver?

Find out if we hit the jackpot or collect candy-coated chaos.

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It’s blind-buy bliss as adorable Full of Poses Totoro and Mei figures solve gacha paradox【Photos】

Testing your luck never felt so easy.

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Wild gacha capsule toy machine is one of the most unusual finds in Japan

A whole new calibre of capsule toy you won’t find anywhere else.

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Japan’s “ugly” Nara Deer Buddha mascot now available in tiny gacha capsule toy form

Famous mascot is ready to finally be loved as the city’s best new souvenir.

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Neputa Matsuri gacha capsule toys let you enjoy the famous festival in miniature form

Like holding a Japanese festival in your hand.

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Cool capsule toys recreate how Japan navigated trains in pre-smartphone days【Photos】

Tiny timetable books are packed with info about how to get from point A to point B by rail.

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Legendary shojo manga classics get reprints as miniature capsule toys with full-volume contents

Small packages contain a huge dose of girls’ comics history and nostalgia.

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Weird Japanese gacha lucky dip vending machine gives us more than we bargained for

You never know what might happen when you play with the gacha gods. 

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Daruma Man: The Japanese gacha capsule toy series we never knew we needed

Here to help you with the heavy work of making all your wishes come true.  

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Gacha capsule toy machine sells…Japanese rice bags?!

Putting a new spin on the supermarket shop.

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Gacha capsule toy machine sells Casio watch rings in Japan, and we try to get all of them

Will the gacha gods smile kindly on our desire to own all of these cute miniature watches?

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Japanese vending machine at Shinjuku Station is a rare gem hiding in plain sight

You won’t find items like this at any other vending machine in the area!

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Random beef tongue vending machine in Tokyo lets us test our luck, fill our bellies【Taste test】

We got your Gyutan gacha right here.

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We get lucky with a Wagyu beef gacha vending machine at 3,000 yen a pop

There are no losers with this, but we think we won big.

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Japan’s new tiny ninja capsule toy collection turns your desk into a secret hideout

Six-piece collection adds some shadow warrior fun to your workday.

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