{"id":174922,"date":"2025-12-11T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174922&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:33:29","slug":"totos-washlet-exceeds-70-million-units","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/totos-washlet-exceeds-70-million-units\/","title":{"rendered":"TOTO\u2019s Washlet Exceeds 70 Million Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOTO announced that cumulative shipments of its Washlet bidet toilet seats surpassed 70 million units in November 2025, 45 years after the product\u2019s launch. Overseas sales continue to expand, supported by increased exposure among visitors to Japan and heightened global interest in hygiene after the pandemic. The pace of shipments has accelerated in recent years, with production now spanning factories in Japan, China, Malaysia, and Thailand. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/jp.toto.com\/company\/press\/2025_12_09\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\u201c_blank\u201d><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOTO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_toto-washlet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1058&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"TOTO\u2019s Washlet Exceeds 70 Million Units\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1058\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_toto-washlet_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_toto-washlet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_toto-washlet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C774&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_toto-washlet_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C580&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOTO announced that cumulative shipments of its Washlet bidet toilet seats surpassed 70 million units in November 2025&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174922","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}