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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, seen after a third-place finish at the Bahrain Grand Prix in March 2022, will make a blockbuster move to Ferrari after the 2024 season.
SPORTS / Auto Racing
Feb 2, 2024
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to make blockbuster move to Ferrari in 2025
Hamilton will exercise an option in his contract that will allow him to end his two-year deal with Mercedes after one year.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and his wife, F1 Academy chief Suzie Wolff, at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix in March 2022
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Dec 8, 2023
FIA drops compliance probe into Toto and Susie Wolff
FIA had caused a stir when it announced it was looking into media speculation about a potential conflict of interest.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 30, 2023
Bidet toilet makers targeting wealthy people overseas
In the North American market, Lixil saw a sales surge amid a paper shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Nov 17, 2022
Lewis Hamilton down to last chance to avoid first season without win
Hamilton only needed six races to become a winner in his debut season, in 2007, and has won at least once in every season since then.
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Nov 6, 2022
Momoko Ueda seeks wire-to-wire win at Toto Japan Classic
After two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine, Ueda delivered four birdies and a bogey on the back nine in front of the home crowd during Saturday's third round.
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BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2022
Shipments of high-tech toilet seats top 100 million in Japan
Although a commonplace feature in homes and other locations today, the bidet-style toilet seats struggled to be accepted for a long time.
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BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2022
High-tech Japanese toilet maker sees U.S. growth after COVID ‘paper panic’
Sales of luxurious toilets complete with heated seats and cleansing jets of water are now taking off in the U.S. — thanks in no small part due to pandemic-induced toilet paper shortages.
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Apr 24, 2022
Lewis Hamilton writes off F1 title hopes after new low at Imola
Hamilton, the most successful F1 driver of all time with 103 wins, said a lot of work was going on to fix the car's problems but 'it is what it is.'
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BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 29, 2021
Toto posts brisk sales in bidet toilets in U.S. in fiscal 2020
Sales of the firm's electronic Washlet toilet seat series increased 1.8-fold in the year ended March 31 from a year earlier in the North American market.
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JAPAN
Feb 24, 2020
Japan's next restroom revolution? Phasing out squat toilets for Tokyo 2020
On southwestern Miyajima island, Hiroshima Prefecture, 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 public toilet block nearly as big as a tennis court.
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Nov 6, 2018
Nasa Hataoka climbs to No. 7 in world rankings
Toto Japan Classic winner Nasa Hataoka jumped from 16th to seventh in the latest LPGA rankings announced on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2018
Thailand picked for Toto's latest Washlet plant
Leading Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. has picked Thailand to build a plant for its Washlet electronic toilet seats in a bid to cash in on the product's growing demand in Asia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2018
Toto hopes to clean up with new self-cleaning toilets
With the upcoming 2020 Olympics in mind leading Japanese toilet-maker Toto Ltd. has recently introduced a new type of self-cleaning toilet for public restrooms, aiming to improve bathroom experiences for locals and foreign visitors to Japan.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 15, 2017
Toto to double Washlet output in Thailand with new plant
Leading Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. is boosting production capacity in Thailand to meet global demand for its Washlet toilets, as well as potential domestic market needs.
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BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2017
Toto launches high-end Washlet bidet toilets globally
Toto Ltd. on Tuesday launched a high-end model of its Washlet bidet toilet series as a flagship product targeting wealthy individuals and hotels across the globe.
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LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 13, 2017
Toto rolls out droll toilet humor with a whiff of class
Sit back and relax as this week's Bilingual column splashes on the results of Toto's 2016 Toilet Senryu Contest.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 29, 2016
Tokyo offers a wealth of innovative design, some of it for free
Tokyo Design Week has kicked in, with its first session ending on Oct. 31 and its second session running Nov. 2 to 7. But if the innovative products, architecture and robotics in Meiji Jingu Gaien are not enough to satiate your design curiosity, there are several free exhibitions in the city that are worth dashing to before they end in the next few days.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 20, 2016
Japan's architects are building a better future
Home-security AI cats; talking walls equipped with motion sensors; communal-living apartment blocks that promote harmonious relations; and outdoor living-room spaces powered by solar energy siphoned off hybrid cars — these previews of our future, currently on display at "House Vision 2," sound like science fiction, but their realization is probably closer than you think.
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JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 28, 2016
Highway operator taps big data to gauge toilet usage
A recent analysis of big data by Central Nippon Expressway Co. (NEXCO Central) has revealed that more and more men tend to prefer cubicles over urinals in restrooms.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 11, 2016
Toilet-maker Toto looks to Chinese to change cultural habits to boost sales
Nearly all Japanese have converted to using seated toilets since 1977 when they first overtook the squatting versions. For future growth, Japan's largest toilet—maker Toto Ltd. is looking toward neighboring China.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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