Experts say abusive messages reflect a deeper pattern of gender-based harassment aiming to silence outspoken women and are ...

Ayaka Yoshida, a 27-year-old member of the Japanese Communist Party, says she was "scared" after being bombarded by the ...

According to one survey by the education ministry, roughly 1 in 4 students said they were unable to use the traditional ...

Japanese politician Ayaka Yoshida received 8,000 death threats after advocating for free menstrual pads in public restrooms.

An excruciating five-minute wait prompted Manami Momose to embark on a multiyear research project concerning “toilet disparity” at public restrooms.

A Mie Prefectural Assembly member has revealed that she has received death threats after calling for equipping public ...

A Japanese company is flushed with success, responding to U.S. consumers' fears of runs on toilet paper amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Toto Ltd.'s hi-tech Washlet toilets come with a bidet ...

At a hearing in June, she argued that the restrictions on toilet use are illegal and seriously harm her dignity. The government responded by saying Japanese society at that time lacked ...

A Japanese man tasked with preserving cultural heritage accidentally ploughed his car into the country’s oldest toilet in a centuries-old Buddhist temple, partially destroying it, police said on ...