TOKYO -- Toto, Japan's top toilet maker, is expanding its decades-old business of making parts for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, capitalizing on broader use of ceramics in the production ...

Of the many firsts, Japan made world's first toilet paper from used diapers. These are now sold in seven retail locations in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, both in Japan's Kyushu.

Oi thought that Renon must have been made fun of like that repeatedly ... He set the goal of becoming the "coolest" toilet cleaner in Japan. Oi, 47, became a custodian in the spring of 2017.

17 into "Japan’s oldest existing toilet," breaking down the door and stopping inside. The wooden building, called “tosu,” located at Tofukuji temple in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward ...

Japan's Supreme Court has made an unprecedented ruling on the rights ... At a hearing in June, she argued that the restrictions on toilet use are illegal and seriously harm her dignity.

But Japanese producers have been quick to say ... issued a statement saying that 98 percent of the country's toilet paper is made domestically and that there is currently no shortage in supplies.