Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilities is a common sight in Japan, while men rarely queue. Some suggest it's because women need more time, but one user of ...

What could be described as a trial – all 20 days of it – concluded last Wednesday, involving a man that stood accused of entering the women’s restroom without possessing the legal amount of X ...

KITA-KYUSHU, Japan — If there’s one thing Japan is passionate about, it’s toilets. Potties, loos, restrooms, johns, powder rooms — however you say it, Japan has put a lot of thought into the smallest ...

Akie Abe, walking at left, the wife of slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carries her husband's ashes into the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward for his state funeral on Sept. 27, 2022.