As school and work wrap up, crowds fill Tokyo's many bustling arcade halls -- not to battle it out in fighting games, but to snag plush toys from claw machines. In one of these gaming meccas in the ...

For those who love claw machines, those all-powerful carnival attractions that allure gamers by promising expensive prizes just a strategic grasp away, your Valhalla is coming. Claw City, an arcade ...

The 8-year-old crouched in front of the claw machine to get eye level with the small toys behind the screen. With intense focus, she gingerly maneuvered the joystick until the claw was above a ...

Clawcades: The new Japanese-style arcade sweeping the Twin Cities At least four claw (or crane) machine-only businesses have opened in the past year, drawing kids and adults alike in search of ...

"Arcade operators, machine manufacturers, and even prize suppliers depend on this business," he told AFP. Some 80 percent of the 22,000 arcades Japan had in 1989 have shut down, but revenues have held ...