Many Japanese companies are proving remarkably innovative and thriving off it in the age of AI. Yet their reluctance to trumpet their success often leaves investors in the dark. About time they learnt ...

Japanese firms often struggle to tell their success stories, particularly if they’re diversified or in niche industries.

The roll sits in a plastic sleeve on supermarket shelves across America, wrapped in packaging covered with images of green ...

A Japanese maker of high-tech toilets has been causing a splash in the world of artificial intelligence.

The thought of never having to clean the inside of our toilets again makes us want to cry happy tears. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at ...

A bidet can transform your bathroom routine. Compared to traditional toilet paper, the best bidets offer a more hygienic clean, can reduce irritation, and cut down on paper waste. Many modern models ...

Activist investor Palliser Capital is championing Toto, the Japanese toilet maker, as a hidden AI gem. Palliser highlights Toto's advanced ceramics, crucial for memory chip manufacturing, contributing ...

Why it matters: Toto's advanced ceramics division – not its well-known bidet toilets – is increasingly drawing the attention of investors who view the Japanese manufacturer as a quiet but important ...

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Reports claim that top executives of iPhone maker Apple have booked extended hotel stays in an effort to come to terms with memory manufacturers Samsung and SK Hynix and secure a memory supply that ...

Shares of Japanese toilet maker Toto gained the most in five years after booming memory demand excited expectations of growth in its little-known chipmaking materials operations. The stock surged as ...

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, ...