Vending machine deflation

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When I first came to Japan, in 1988, a can of soft drink from a vending machine cost 80 yen. Since then, inflation has pushed the price up 50% to 120 yen.


However, over the past couple of years, prices at some machines have been dropping. Here are some concrete examples of deflation in Japan: drink machines in Tokyo’s Kojimachi district where the price has dropped to 100 yen for cans, and 130 yen (instead of the usual 150 yen) for PET bottles.

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