Crane games are so ubiquitous in Japan that they feel like something that’s always been a part of the country, like the arcade landscape equivalent of Mount Fuji. But much like how there was no Mount ...

For 16-year-old Kuan-ting Lin, teaming up with his father to beat a claw crane game seemed like a winning idea. During a trip to Japan a few months ago, he played the arcade game for the first time ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a mom of four, Le-An Than is always looking for new ways to entertain her kiddos. After all, there are only so many museums and playgrounds to patronize ...

The Interior Ministry has banned the arcade "claw crane" machines at many shopping malls, deeming them gambling tools. The order banning the machines was signed by Pawin Chamniprasart, deputy interior ...