Japan Runs on Vending Machines. It’s About to Break Millions of Them.

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1. [subscription bypass here](https://archive.md/6fS2g):

2. Don’t they make new bills every 20 years?

   Isn’t this just small businesses wishing against the inevitable?

   To be fair, even my local buses refuse to take the new ¥500 coins.

3. 500 yen coins anyone?

4. “Many of them will be obsolete once the new 1,000-, 5,000- and 10,000-yen bills roll out in July featuring [hologram technology](https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Currencies/Japan-s-redesigned-bank-notes-to-enter-circulation-in-July-2024).”

   What happens to the 2,000 yen notes?

5. My SO’s father owns a vending machine company. Is this good news?

6. This seems unnecessarily alarmist. Wouldn’t it be as simple as replacing a module in the machine instead of the entire machine?

   Why not include a credit card reader while they are at it?

7. This is one of those « clever way of stimulating the economy »; just force something to be rebuilt for the sake of it.