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5 355 retailers)
Number of installed machines
300 0
’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
(Year) Mass
500 741 778 803 merchandisers
738 718
0
Fig.4 Transition of the shipment volume and value of vending ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
machines (Year)
(Japan Vending Machine Manufacturers Association)
3,197
Shipment value (100 million yen)
60 2,000
56 57 57
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53 1,500
On the other hand, there is a promising opportuni-
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50 48 49 ty arising from compliance with an intensified drive for
1,000
prohibiting the sale of tobacco to minors, the Tobacco
40
500 Institution of Japan (TIOJ) is planning to replace
30 0 present vending machines with machines having a
’89 ’90 ’91 ’92 ’93 ’94 ’95 ’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00
(Year) function to identify customers’ ages using IC cards not
later than 2008.