### [2017-01-20](/feed/2017/01/20/index.md)

##### Toilets in Japan
# Japanese toilet industries agreed to standardize the iconography of electric toilet seat controls in order to make them less confusing for users. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04q0qk0)
2. [Japan Sanitary Equipment Industry Association](http://www.sanitary-net.com/news/news1142)
3. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/18/japan-to-end-tourists-toilet-trouble-with-standardised-buttons-olympics)
4. [The Japan Times](http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/17/national/symbols-toilet-functions-unified-japan/#.WIHGWDUbvcs)