“World-class toilet seats are not what Chinese manufacturers aspire to make,” the nationalistic Global Times sniffed on Thursday. The Communist Party paper was reacting to reports that China’s ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article referred to Hokkaido as a city. In fact, it is the northernmost of Japan’s islands. The story has been updated. “It’s like you can’t possibly walk slowly ...

The news that the smart Japanese toilet seats were bought up by Chinese tourists during the Spring Festival holiday recently caused heated discussion on the Internet. However, some of these ...

Chinese shoppers flocked to Japan to buy toilet seats during the Chinese New Year holiday, making a splash in the Chinese media and sparking off a heated debate at the ongoing annual sessions of China ...

A testament to the throne. A love story to the lavatory. Whatever you want to call it, Japan’s newest museum lends itself to plenty of potty jokes — the AFP reports that Japan’s leading toilet ...

NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 20 (UPI) --A pair of Chinese tourists returned a stolen toilet seat to a Japanese hotel with an apology and explanation that they didn't realize it belonged to the facility. A ...

If you’re a parent or have a chronic health condition that needs quick or frequent trips to the bathroom, you’ve probably mapped out the half-decent public toilets in your area. But sometimes, you don ...

Some of us sit on elevated thrones, while others squat above holes. Some of us cleanse ourselves with dry paper, while others employ a nearby pitcher of water. Perhaps most notably: Some of us -- ...

Jan. 3 (UPI) --Complaints about scratches on toilet seats manufactured by Japanese company Toto led the firm to issue an unusual instruction to consumers: don't wipe the seats with toilet paper. A ...

On August 28, the world’s most innovative toilet company, TOTO, opened a new museum dedicated to a century of lavatories. The new museum, which exhibits 950 TOTO products and fabricated bathrooms, ...