Japan has been working to convert its traditional squat toilets in public places to Western-style sitting ones amid the influx of foreign tourists who are not familiar with the Japanese style. With ...

Japan has launched a campaign to convert unpopular Asian-style squat toilets into sit-on "Western" models, as the nation prepares to welcome tens of millions of foreign tourists in the ...

The 183 square metre facility – created jointly by the local municipality and Toto, Japan's biggest toilet maker – is just one of hundreds that have been spruced up across the country ahead of this ...

When Japanese-style toilets are replaced with Western-style ones, the new toilet seats can prevent booth doors from fully opening because many of them open inwards in Japan.

Dazzled by the gleaming white ceramic toilet bowls of Europe, he returned home determined to modernize Japanese bathrooms, which still consisted of outdoors squat toilets with no sewerage system.

Given that, the proportion of squat toilets in schools is quite high,” said Atsushi Kato, head of the Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Toilet Labo.

Japan has launched a campaign to convert unpopular Asian-style squat toilets into sit-on "western" models, as the nation prepares to welcome tens of millions of foreign tourists in the run-up to the ...

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 public toilet ...

Japan's next restroom revolution? Phasing out squat toilets for Tokyo 2020 Toilets ready for shipment cover the floor of a Toto toilet factory in Kitakyushu. | REUTERS By Sakura Murakami Reuters ...