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Japan’s toilet of the future

The showroom of toilet manufacturer Toto in Tokyo. Having conquered its home market, the Japanese toilet-maker Toto is selling more bidets in the United States. Toto’s president says not even tariffs will halt its advance. — Noriko Hayashi/The New York Times

By River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya

IN 1982, a peculiar commercial aired on televisions across Japan.

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