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 ...

In public places across Japan, older floor-level toilets still appear with some regularity. They sit low to the ground, set ...

Japan Toilet Labo representative director Atsushi Kato speaks about restrooms in evacuation centers in areas hit by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, in Tokyo on May 22, 2024. (Mainichi/Hiroya ...

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 ...

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 ...

This photo provided by the Tawaramoto Municipal Government shows a squat toilet at Tawaramoto Elementary School, which will be renovated to a Western-style toilet this summer. TAWARAMOTO, Nara -- A ...