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Japanese toilet giant TOTO has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are in real-time with a phone and QR code. Japan, like ...

GUNMA, Japan – An eastern Japan prefecture’s quality certification system for public toilets to boost cleanliness and reassure visitors has been gaining praise and influencing other parts of the ...

A toilet made by Toto Ltd. featuring the "stool scan" function is seen in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward, July 16, 2025. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Hisano) FUKUOKA -- Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. is this August ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Tokyo | If you’ve ever travelled on Japan’s iconic Shinkansen, chances are you’ve heard Donna Burke’s voice. For more than two ...

AICHI (TR) – Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly affixing a hidden camera in a heated toilet seat inside a shopping center in Okazaki City, reports NHK (June 5). In ...

, councillor Tsuyoshi Yamahana heard about the dire state of public restrooms at a local train station. Mr Yamahana, a member of the Nanao City Council in Ishikawa prefecture, immediately headed for ...

Having conquered its home market, the Japanese toilet-maker Toto is selling more bidets in the United States. Toto’s president says not even tariffs will halt its advance. Toto’s showroom in ...

Ballplayers can be pretty particular about the things they want in the clubhouse, and for the Dodgers, no suggestion is off the table, including changing the design of some of the toilets in order to ...

People in the U.S. use a lot of toilet paper—and spend a lot on it, too, more per roll than anywhere else in the world. And researchers expect that number to continue to grow. Throughout the Americas, ...

A six-square-metre rental flat in Tokyo, described by Japanese netizens as a “giant toilet” because of its “prison-style” layout, has gone viral online, attracting much interest from Chinese netizens.

Here's why you should not wipe your toilet seat with toilet paper. A Japanese toilet maker has issued a public service announcement (PSA), advising users to refrain from wiping their seats with toilet ...