An excruciating five-minute wait prompted Manami Momose to embark on a multiyear research project concerning “toilet ...

In public places across Japan, older floor-level toilets still appear with some regularity. They sit low to the ground, set into tiled floors, and look unfamiliar to many visitors. What often causes ...

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 ...

Some adolescents get all their news and information from TikTok. My husband gets most of his from “South Park.” Ever since last year when he saw an episode called “Japanese Toilet” extolling the ...

With their warm seats and precision spray technology, bidet toilets are the norm in Japan - Copyright AFP Philip FONG With their warm seats and precision spray ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The AI boom isn't just lifting chipmakers and Big Tech. In Japan, it's flushing gains into a toilet ...

Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. expects spending in its chip-related operations to make up more than half its total capex in coming years, as it chases new gains from an artificial intelligence surge.