A woman demonstrates how to use the "Intelligent Toilet" at a show room in Tokyo. The electronic marvel, which is capable of analysing users' urine, blood and body temperatures, retails for 350,000 to ...
KITA-KYUSHU, JAPAN – 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 ...
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Why public toilets in Japan are awesome

Lots of people have heard about the awesome tech in Japanese toilets. But what about their public toilets?
Once an emblem of idiosyncratic novelty, high-tech toilets are now the global gold standard. But pushing back the creative frontier is getting harder ...
Many visitors regard Japan as the gateway to the future. Technologically speaking, the East Asian country is so much more advanced than the majority of other nations, from huge robot butlers that ...
Japan's first female leader Sanae Takaichi is among one of 58 women MPs who signed the petition for more female toilets Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is among some 60 female lawmakers ...
A building believed to house the oldest toilet in Japan faced its biggest threat in centuries on Monday when a conservation worker accidentally reversed his car into it, according to local officials.