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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are toilets, and then there are Japanese toilets. Often more sophisticated than their western counterparts, even public toilets come with various features such as heated seats, in-built bidets ...

An activist investor says the market is missing a crucial detail about TOTO’s business, and it has little to do with bathrooms.

A Japanese nonprofit organization is calling for consumers to choose emergency portable toilets that meet its quality standards. The standards set by Japan Toilet Labo call for a portable toilet ...

When commissioned to design public toilets along a popular hiking trail, architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates took inspiration from the majestic mountain view behind them. Ground view of ...