Sega revealed two new sets of Miku Hatsune and Cinnamoroll collaboration plushes. Volume 4 and 5 of the plushes are now available as claw machine prizes throughout various amusement and game centers ...

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As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo’s many bustling arcade halls — not to battle it out in fighting games, but to ...

KATY, Texas -- The claw machine craze has hit southeast Texas. The Japanese-inspired arcades, featuring prizes such as anime figurines and plush toys, have become increasingly popular over the past ...

About 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held up thanks to claw machines, ...