There are vending machines in Japan that dispense beer

Most people probably know that Japan has lots of vending machines, according to wikipedia there is one for every 23 Japanese people and there are a lot of Japanese people. Japan has one of the world's highest vending machine densities. What some people might not know is the range of things you can get from a vending machine here. Not just snacks and magazines. You can also buy beer, whiskey, sake, cocktails and more. The Japanese government have introduced a Taspo card for buying cigarettes, you have to be over 21 and use one of these to buy cigarettes from a machine. Some of the machines also have age recognition cameras and software, but we read that some “smart” kid fooled this by standing on his bike, so the machine thought he was tall enough to be an adult! link