The vending machine: channel with annual sales of up to 6 trillion yen, why is so popular in Japan?

Now a lot of friends will find more and more schools, hospitals, railway stations and the streets began to appear the vending machine, the unmanned self-service equipment is very convenient, brings you a good service experience. Speaking of the vending machine, it can not fail to mention the rise of the vending machine to Japan. Japan is a special country, less people more than the population density is very big, resources are relatively poor, but this environment spawned their unique and culture, the vending machine industry chain of the vending machine almost every street was full of the city, even very remote, on the outskirts of the station there are all kinds of the vending machine. According to the Japan the vending machine manufacturers association, according to statistics released across Japan now has about 5 million units of the vending machine, slightly less than the previous two years, is likely to be influenced by the aging of the population, but also achieve annual sales more than 60000 yen, about $60 billion more than 4000 yuan. Divide the less than 30 people have about a the vending machine, the density is rare all over the world. Automatically go out because of the vending machine give money can also all year round business, operating costs low, the operator basically can put all of the goods into the vending machine in the vending machine to sell, in addition to the common snacks drinks in the Chinese market, they also sell cigarettes, tea, beer, cooked hot food, lunch boxes, fruits and vegetables, and other commodities, category does far more than the domestic market. The rise of the vending machines in Japan is not accidental, mainly because of the following reasons: 1, in the last century, the Japanese economy high speed development but ordinary people pressure big population birth rate low population aging serious, lead to artificial cost is higher and higher, traditional retailers can't afford employees, and the vending machine can well solve the problem. 2, unified quantify various amount of monetary policy, Japan issued COINS have 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 yen six denominations, a variety of denominations of COINS promotes the circulation of on unmanned self-service equipment, provides a good environment. 3, the urbanization rate is high, the population is highly concentrated, a the vending machine is very easy to reach a large number of population. 4, developed mechanical and electrical manufacturing, to research and development to create stable quality performance to meet all requirements of the equipment. 5, good security environment, we all know that Japan is the world's countries with low crime rate, national quality is generally higher, this greatly reduces the likelihood of the vending machine by man-made destruction. Even vending machine have expensive commodity, even if the vending machine in places more remote, rarely have destroyed. 6, culture, the Japanese people prefer high-tech equipment such as automated equipment and robot, this from their can reflect a lot of animation and film and television works, everyone is willing to buy something on the unmanned self-service equipment. Relative to the mature markets in Japan, the vending machine in China is still in its infancy, operators are mainly took the vending machines in schools, factories, hospitals, railway stations, office buildings, commercial street, tourist attractions, such as bustling place, also mainly concentrated in the second-tier cities, remote county township rural were rare, but the overall outlook is better.