Vending machines are everywhere in Japan. Can it be realized in China?

The reason for many vending machines in Japan is that labor and land prices are too expensive. Japan's land price is the most expensive in Asia, even less than Beijing and Shanghai. This shows the cost of opening a small supermarket and a small convenience store in Japan. The cost of opening a small supermarket in Tokyo, Japan is enough to open two and a half in Beijing.

Let's talk about labor. Labor here refers to labor. Japan has a national minimum hourly wage legislation, but China does not. This hourly wage is set at the price where second-tier cities in Japan can live a good life. As a result, there are no cheap hourly workers and temporary workers in large supermarkets in Japan, and the cost of an hourly worker is even higher than that of employees with formal social insurance.

So this ubiquitous vending machine has become Japan's choice.

Unless the land price and labor price in China reach the Japanese level, it is unlikely.