It was updated on July 3 when Japan introduced the new yen notes. The vending machine at Hiroshi Nishitani’s Tokyo ramen restaurant has been reliable for a decade. The food is served within minutes once the customer delivers the order to the pair of cooks at the counter. Japan has introduced a new set of bank notes, something it does every 20 years or so to thwart counterfeiters. The machine, already too old to accept recent coin designs, won’t accept the new bills, Mr. Nishitani said.

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Persons: Hiroshi, counterfeiters, won’t, Nishitani Locations: Japan