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Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread ...

But these cutting edge seats have an unlikely nemesis: toilet paper. Toto, a top Japanese toilet bowl maker, said last week that users should refrain from wiping their seats with toilet paper ...

Here's why you should not wipe your toilet seat with toilet paper. A Japanese toilet maker has issued a public service announcement (PSA), advising users to refrain from wiping their seats with ...

The promise all good fountain pens deliver—be they expensive or affordable—is that they make your handwriting better than you ...

TOKYO -- A booklet on preparing for and dealing with menstruation is being distributed free at major bookstores across Japan to help female university applicants maximize their performance in the ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is the inspiration for micro-forests worldwide. These diverse ...

(Mainichi/Norihisa Ueda) FUKUOKA -- Though cleaning toilet seats with flushable paper at hand sounds easy and convenient, Japanese toilet maker Toto Ltd. is urging consumers not to do so ...

Lacquerware maker Takaho Shoji hunches over his desk in the disaster-hit city of Wajima in central Japan, applying another layer of coating to a dark, wooden box. One brushstroke at a time ...