Is Japanese manufacturing in the toilet? Absolutely not — though it might be the first place to look to understand how the country’s firms are changing. One of the most surprising stories in corporate ...

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 ...

Modern bathroom designs, including Japan’s famously high-tech “shower toilets”, on display at the Toto Showroom in Tokyo. — Noriko Hayashi/The New York Times Step into any public restroom stall in ...