Electric bidets are popular among people with ALS, writes columnist Dagmar Munn, who first encountered one in Japan and is now a fan.

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Aichi Prefectural Police have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly affixing a hidden camera in a heated toilet seat ...

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Girls can still play baseball, but most are encouraged to eventually switch to softball if they want to pursue college scholarships. If they want to keep playing baseball, they have to constantly ...

Hakuho, a retired “yokozuna” or grand champion, says he has quit the Japan Sumo Association after an apparent falling out ...

Soon after a powerful earthquake devastated Japan's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day 2024, councilor Tsuyoshi Yamahana heard ...

Lots of people have heard about the awesome tech in Japanese toilets. But what about their public toilets?

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Having conquered its home market, the Japanese toilet-maker Toto is selling more bidets in the United States. Toto’s president says not even tariffs will halt its advance. In 1982, a peculiar ...