They are found in more than two-thirds of Japanese households and visitors to the country have marvelled at their heated seats, posterior shower jets and odour-masking function. But for the company ...

More Europeans could soon enjoy heated toilets complete with a water jet — something the Japanese take for granted. Toilet manufacturer Toto has ambitious plans for production in Europe. Later this ...

Major Japanese toilet maker Toto has created a talking commode. The new Neo model has a robotic lid that moves in time with its voice, which for some reason is male. Neo features in a series of short ...

Japan’s feature-rich toilets, with such luxurious comforts as heated seats and gentle sprays of butt-washing water, are a source of technological prestige for the nation. However, the Japanese phrase ...

There are toilets, and then there are Japanese toilets. Often more sophisticated than their western counterparts, even public toilets come with various features such as heated seats, in-built bidets ...

Once you’ve used a loo with a lid which raises and lowers automatically and a heated seat which rotates to self-clean, all others seem inferior. These include the day I emerged into the arrivals hall ...