A woman demonstrates how to use the "Intelligent Toilet" at a show room in Tokyo. The electronic marvel, which is capable of analysing users' urine, blood and body temperatures, retails for 350,000 to ...

Famous for their innovative products, Japanese toilet makers have introduced new stool analysis technology to their products in a bid to attract health-conscious buyers. Toto Ltd released two new ...

The founder of a charity that works to deliver low-cost sanitation solutions to the developing world takes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to task for its tech-centric Reinvent the Toilet ...

NEW YORK — Technophiles rejoice: high-tech gadgetry is aiming for your backside. Several companies, including American Bidet, BioBidet, Brondell, Coco, Koehler and Toto, have recently begun aggressive ...

Household names like Toto and Ajinomoto are finding success in unexpected niches like semiconductors. Read more at ...

As the author of Frommer’s guides to Japan for many years, I’ve inspected more hotel rooms than anyone in their right mind should ever have to see. But even I’ve been flummoxed about what to expect in ...

A new high-tech toilet from <a href="http://www.kohler.com/corporate/index.html">Koehler</a> may just improve relations between the sexes. Called the Numi, a motion ...

TORONTO - A toilet with as many eyes fixed on it as possible might not seem a godsend to someone who urgently needs one, but that's just the type of advice being offered to Toronto from cities that ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between January 17 ...