Crane games are keeping the sector afloat,' said Morihiro Shigihara, an industry expert and former arcade manager.

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 ...

Taito is now the proud Guinness World Record-holder for the “most claw crane game machines at a single venue.” Taito Corporation set the record on August 29, 2020, when it opened the Taito Station ...

Beginning July 11, Android users in Japan will be able to play claw machines remotely in real time through Google apps that will only be available for one year. Google announced in a support article ...

s Taiwan's economy stagnates, claw crane arcades where customers lower a grabber to try to pick up a prize from a glass box are booming as affordable entertainment, while operators see them as a way ...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --A video game arcade in Japan was awarded a Guinness World Record for the largest number of claw crane machine games in one venue: 477. Genda Sega Entertainment announced Sega Shinjuku ...

A child is safe after climbing into and getting stuck inside a claw crane machine at a bowling alley Monday.Lincoln police said it started with a mom frantically searching for her 3-year-old boy at ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A little boy was so passionate about getting that stuffed animal in Palatine he found himself stuck in a toy-claw machine. Firefighters had to rescue a 3-year-old boy after he got ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Claw machines have been around since before World War II, but have gone through some radical transformation since (Philip FONG) ...