Squat toilets still reign supreme in China. Sure, the "western" toilet has made plenty of inroads, and you'll find them in big city hotels, major restaurants, and airports around the country. However, ...

As you can infer from its lengthy name, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology has its fingers in a lot of different pies. It turns out that one of those pies is ...

You could be forgiven for thinking that using the bathroom is an activity so universal that the idiosyncrasies of travel do not apply. True, few of us have failed to ponder the celebrity-endorsed, one ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - 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 ...