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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s famed toilet brand Toto is quietly becoming an unexpected beneficiary of the AI and semiconductor boom, as activist investors push it to lean into its high-tech ceramics business.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- People who visit Japan often come back raving about the sushi, the public transit, and more recently the bathrooms. Japanese company TOTO has some of the most advanced toilets ...