Lots of people have heard about the awesome tech in Japanese toilets. But what about their public toilets? An American dream ...

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Like a lot of people, visits to the bathroom on my first few trips to Japan were a source of a lot of surprises, from “Whoa, this toilet is so high-tech that it has a heated seat and washes your ...

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