> With one eye on her baby in a pushchair, Minae Kamata operates an arcade machine in a Tokyo suburb, manipulating a claw to grab not a stuffed toy but a pack of toilet paper.>As inflation weighs on Japanese households, huge arcades on the outskirts of major cities are installing claw machines filled with eggs, rice, laundry detergent and other necessities.>The "shop-and-play destinations" merge essential buying with entertainment so that families do not feel a choice between bringing home the basics and treating themselves to a day out.>Kamata, a 25-year-old housewife, told AFP she won her prize after only two tries, at 100 yen ($0.64) per attempt.>"If you're a bit lucky, it's the same as buying at a discount," she told AFP.>The trend is a response to Japan's prolonged wave of inflation, with prices having outpaced wage growth for years.>"Spending on food and everyday products has been continuously declining for five years because these have become targets for budget cuts," said Naoko Kuga, a consumer behaviour specialist at the NLI Research Institute. So "retailers are trying to make purchasing fun to encourage buying" and ease a sense of guilt, she added.https://www.afp.com/en/grabbing-bargain-japans-claw-machines-cash-inflation
I claw pussy
>>62815878Yeah cash in on the squidwards, good plan
>I had kids while being financially insecure, now this is everyone else's problemcome on, dawg. Do these people never learn?
