Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs
Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs
Adam Nebbs
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Travellers' Checks by Adam Nebbs

After China, Japan plans toilet revolution: by 2020 Olympics in Tokyo public restrooms will all be hi-tech

Ahead of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan aims to swap squat-type toilets for smart ones at the country’s popular tourist locations

Adam Nebbs
Adam Nebbs

Updated: 10:46am, 10 Feb, 2018

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Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs
Computerised toilet seats for sale at a duty-free shop at Hiroshima airport. Picture: Adam Nebbs
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Adam Nebbs

Adam Nebbs

Adam has lived in Hong Kong since 1988. He briefly managed the demise of the Wanderlust travel bookshop on Hollywood road in the mid 1990s, then worked as Associate Editor on Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine Discovery for several years. He began writing Travellers’ Checks for Post Magazine in 1998, working for several years under the pseudonym Peter Walbrook. A former contributing editor for the exclusive luxury travel guide NB Review, he has also edited several books, including the first-ever travel guide to Uzbekistan in 1996, and 'The Amazing Adventures of Betsy And Niki' (2008) by Captain Charles “Chic” Eather. His non-fiction book 'The Great Fire of Hong Kong', was published in 2010.