Like Fancy Japanese Toilets? You’ll Love the Sound of This.

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful ...
Columbus Dispatch

In Japan, the toilet is a shrine, and its worshippers catered to

KITA-KYUSHU, Japan — If there’s one thing Japan is passionate about, it’s toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, johns, powder rooms — however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest ...
Newser on MSN

In Japan, expect your toilet to make some noise

Japan's famously high-tech toilets are getting a new upgrade: sound-masking devices designed to cover up the less melodic ...
The New York Times

The Rise of the Japanese Toilet

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. Toto’s showroom in ...
Austin American-Statesman

In Japan, the toilet is also a shrine

If there's one thing Japan is passionate about, it's toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, john, powder room, however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest room of the house. Japan ...
The Durango Herald

Toilets are major obsession for people in Japan

KITA-KYUSHU, JAPAN – If there’s one thing Japan is passionate about, it’s toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, john, powder room, however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest ...
Wired

Japan's singing, self-cleaning toilets are conquering the West

Marc and his wife live in America’s humid south, where sometimes, toilet paper just isn’t enough. “If you're working outside, as I used to do all day, it's not pleasant, so being clean after using the ...
CNN

How Japan’s music-playing, water-spraying TOTO toilets took over the world

I will always remember the first time I walked into a Tokyo bathroom and, with the automatic lift of its lid, a Japanese “smart toilet” happily greeted me. It didn’t end there. Mounted to the wall was ...