Dirt, stains, effluent, material, the load, waste, matter. These are the words my tour guides at Toto's toilet factory and research center in Kyushu used to verbally pirouette around what exactly its ...

Earlier this month, The New York Times published a story headlined "The Cult of the Toto Toilet," which highlighted how obsessed people were with the high-end toilets from the Japanese toilet ...

If you think this smells like a PR stunt, you're right. In an effort to raise awareness about bathroom emissions and water savings, Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO has created the Toilet Bike Neo ...

You’ve had the conversation a dozen times. Your friend just took their first trip to Japan, and they came back smiling ear-to ...

Whether you’re contemplating a full bathroom remodel or just need to change out an existing toilet, you will need to consider which type and brand of toilet you will install. Toto is a Japanese ...

You can tell a lot about a restaurant by the state of its bathroom. Wait, have you heard that one before? Or maybe you’ve even thought that as you scanned the room wondering: Is there enough 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 ...

Devices that conceal unwanted noises are the next frontier in advanced toilet technology. Would you like some peaceful birdsong, or perhaps a burst of artillery fire? Donna Burke, who moved to Japan ...

How does a toilet sound to you that, based on what you poop and pee, automatically gives you tips on how to eat healthier or detects early warning of an illness? Amazing? Creepy? Maybe a little bit of ...

KITAKYUSHU, Japan – A toilet bowl used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a modular bathroom created for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and a prototype warm-water spray device for cleansing those hard-to-reach ...