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Japan’s toilet jokes are on you, innovation is flourishing
Toto, a firm better known for its high-tech commodes, is these days making money off semiconductor materials.
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Toto, a firm better known for its high-tech commodes, is these days making money off semiconductor materials.
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Gearoid Reidy
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Is Japanese manufacturing in the toilet? Absolutely not – though it might be the first place to look to understand how the country’s firms are changing.
One of the most surprising stories in corporate Japan in recent months has been the emergence of semiconductor materials as a significant profit driver at the most unlikely of companies: Toto, better known as the maker of Washlet high-tech toilets.
