Japanese restrooms have won the world's attention for their reflection of larger society. A sweeping new trend is changing the old image of public toilets. The Tokyo Toilet project of "cool and ...

More than 30 percent of public elementary and junior high schools in Japan lack a wheelchair-accessible toilet and over 70 percent do not have an elevator, according to a recent survey. The ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture—In this popular tourist spot, visitors are annoying local businesses. They’re misusing the toilets provided for customers. Fed up with lines, blockage and expense ...

Ayaka Yoshida, a Mie Prefectural Assembly member of the Japanese Communist Party, is seen during a press conference at the prefectural government headquarters on March 31, 2025. (Mainichi/Masaya ...

Japan's Supreme Court has made an unprecedented ruling on the rights of LGBTQ people in the workplace. In a decision that could ripple through society, the judges said certain restrictions on ...