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 ...

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 ...

Once an emblem of idiosyncratic novelty, high-tech toilets are now the global gold standard. But pushing back the creative ...

Japanese toilet manufacturer TOTO has extensive experience in ceramics design—processes that could also be used to manufacture the next generation of computer chips.

The toilets, which Reimer is putting in every unit, have a bidet, seat heater and dryer that are controlled by a remote. A 193-unit apartment complex in west Omaha is home to something new — in every ...

Japan’s famed toilet brand Toto is quietly becoming an unexpected beneficiary of the AI and semiconductor boom, as activist ...

The AI surge is lifting companies in the semiconductor supply chain — including a toilet maker and a seasoning giant.