SAGAMIHARA, Japan – A flurry of hungry customers on a recent lunch break curiously inspected the rows of retro vending machines next to a tire shop, located about a 10-minute drive from Camp Zama. For ...

A tire shop floor might seem an unlikely place to talk legacy. But inside the newly opened Fast Track Tire & Service, along Highway 75 in Bartlesville, that's exactly what the Tate family is ...

On a dirt and gravel road outside Tokyo, not far from the U.S. Army’s Camp Zama and Sagami General Depot, you’ll find a battalion of rusty vending machines waiting to dispense food and fond memories.

Replacing a tire — as in, removing the tire from the wheel and replacing it with a new one — is a fairly labor-intensive task. Even in a professional shop with tire machines, the process requires an ...