Hidakawashi Co. President Hiroyoshi Chinzei holds up Japanese paper with a thickness of just 0.02 millimeters in Hidaka, Kochi Prefecture. (Mainichi/Masatoshi Maekawa) HIDAKA, Kochi -- In this ...

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 ...

Auston Matthews would love to have an answer.

The Toronto Maple Leafs placed captain Auston Matthews on the injured reserve list on Tuesday, a move that allowed the team to recall a player ahead of their matinee against the New York Islanders.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have placed Auston Matthews on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 20, where he aggravated an upper-body injury which forced him to miss most of November. The team says ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs might have been able to worm their way out of their third loss in four games without Auston Matthews had Pontus Holmberg been able to cash in on a gift-wrapped opportunity ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin (8) celebrates after his empty-net goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs ...

Unfortunately for one Reddit user, the idea of planting non-native Japanese maple trees in U.S. soil isn't working out too well. To be fair, much of the problem probably boils down to knowing little ...

There couldn't be a more perfect time for Alex Ovechkin to make his return to the lineup, as the captain is set to return from a broken leg as the Washington Capitals visit the Toronto Maple Leafs ...