Many visitors regard Japan as the gateway to the future. Technologically speaking, the East Asian country is so much more ...

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 ...

This isn’t particularly new—in fact, it could be as old as the hills, if the hills were made in the ’90s. But there has never been a fancy Japanese toilet control panel I haven’t enjoyed looking at ...

If there's one thing Japan is passionate about, it's toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, john, powder room, however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest room of the house. Japan ...

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful birdsong, or perhaps a burst of artillery fire? Donna Burke, who moved to Japan ...

Marc and his wife live in America’s humid south, where sometimes, toilet paper just isn’t enough. “If you're working outside, as I used to do all day, it's not pleasant, so being clean after using the ...

Step into any public restroom stall in Japan and you’re likely to be enveloped in a soundscape. No, not that kind. It’s the babble of running water, perhaps peppered with cheerful tweets and birdsong, ...

NAGOYA -- The main building of the Aichi Prefectural Government is changing almost all of its old squat toilets to Western-style toilets. Many staff m･･･ ...