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

Japan is full of surprises for first-time visitors! From high-tech toilets to quiet trains and unique cultural customs, these ...

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 ...

Step into any public restroom stall in Japan and you’re likely to be enveloped in a soundscape. No, not that kind. It’s the babble of running water, perhaps peppered with cheerful tweets and birdsong, ...

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The U.S., Japan, Taiwan, the E.U., South Korea, China and India are shoveling hundreds of billions into chip plants and "semiconductor independence" - as if national security came in fab-shaped boxes.

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