Japan’s biggest toilet maker--is just one of hundreds that have been spruced up across the country ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, removing old-school squat toilets to welcome ...

Not every toilet in Japan is a washlet, however, and in older facilities, especially in the countryside, an old-fashioned washiki, or squat-style, toilet might be your only option, though these are at ...

Squat toilets are typically built low to the ... Don't Push The Buttons On A Japanese Toilet Unless You Know What You're ...

Note that Japanese toilet panels don't always come with English ... you might discover old-school squat toilets (which are, ...

(CNN)-- To offset carbon dioxide, a Japanese airline is asking its passengers to go to the toilet before boarding. The unusual request by All Nippon Airways (ANA) is part of its "e-Flight ...

TOKYO: Betrayed by its DNA and unmanly toilet habits, a hippopotamus in Japan thought for seven years to be a he is in fact a she, the zoo where the wallowing giant lives said on Tuesday (Apr 23).

Modern-day European and American tourists to China who have cast a wary eye at the unfamiliar "squat" style oriental toilet (traditional in Japan and other part of Asia as well as in China ...

At a hearing in June, she argued that the restrictions on toilet use are illegal and seriously harm her dignity. The government responded by saying Japanese society at that time lacked ...

The association said it learned that the employee was among a number of people who posted false information on social media about the toilet paper supply in Japan amid the spread of novel ...

But at Kawa Ni, a flashy, cozy Japanese-style izakaya that opened last November, washing your hands is just the beginning. Kawa Ni is among the first – and only – restaurants in Denver with a ...

But over the past week in Japan, unfounded rumors have led to panic buying of toilet paper, which government and industry officials alike say is completely irrational. This weekend, I went on the ...