Japan has some of the best toilets in Asia but also some of the worst, the no flush ones with a huge whole that forces you to see what others have done before you. Having a choice between squat and ...

As you can infer from its lengthy name, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology has its fingers in a lot of different pies. It turns out that one of those pies is ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - On southwestern Japan's Miyajima island, a short walk from one of the country's most famous ancient temple sites, there's a brand new attraction for tourists - a state-of-the art ...

The signs, which give explanations in Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, include instructions on how to use squat toilets and how to activate toilet flush sensors. "We hope these stickers help ...

TOKYO Japanese 6-year-olds face a shock when they enter public elementary school. After years of enjoying clean toilets with warm seats and cleansing jets of water at home and at private nurseries, ...

Japan has launched a campaign to convert unpopular Asian-style squat toilets into sit-on "western" models, as the nation prepares to welcome tens of millions of foreign tourists in the run-up to the ...

Japan has launched a campaign to convert unpopular Asian-style squat toilets into sit-on “western” models, as the nation prepares to welcome tens of millions of foreign tourists in the run-up to the ...