Japanese toilet giant TOTO has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are in real-time with a phone and QR code. Japan, like ...

Restrooms as Placemakers: In the same way that free WiFi has become a ubiquitous amenity for many in public spaces, restrooms ...

Japan has incredible things to offer any tourist, from food to transit. But I fell in love with the country's bathrooms on a two-week trip. From bidets to temperature-controlled bathtubs, I long for a ...

Are you tired of having to haul a huge pallet of toilet paper twice a year from Costco? What if we told you you could ...

Few things in life will shatter your mental focus like really, really badly needing to use the bathroom. However, while the mind may want to stay clouded in blissful relief following a buzzer-beating ...

Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka said Thursday they have arrested a woman on suspicion of spraying an unknown liquid on several women inside a department store, causing pain to their faces ...

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 ...

Ten million yen, or about $130,000, was found in a public toilet outside Tokyo with a note directing that it be used to aid victims of the Japan earthquake that occurred last March, according to the ...

Suddenly, living in a bathroom doesn't look so bad. Japanese artist Tatzu Nishino has turned a bathroom in Osaka's Nakanoshima Park into a one-room hotel. Now dubbed the "Nakanoshima Hotel," it's part ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka said Thursday they have arrested a woman on suspicion of spraying an unknown liquid on several women inside a department store, causing pain ...