An NHK news segment reports that many men in Japan are now sitting to urinate in their home bathrooms. Hygiene is cited as a key reason for this shift.
One quiet morning, an NHK news segment caught attention by reporting that in Japan, many men sit down to relieve themselves in home bathrooms. The polite term 'yō o tasu' is used for going to the toilet, and the clip points to hygiene as the motivation for encouraging this practice.
In the author's mixed-nationality household, all the men appear to stand when using the bathroom. Pondering whether the choice to sit or stand is personal or cultural, the author turned to social media with a post: 'I heard that in Japanese households, boys are told to sit when they relieve themselves! How is it in your home?'
This discussion highlights subtle shifts in bathroom behavior across the nation, potentially tied to growing hygiene awareness. Linguistically, structures like 'sō desu' and 'yō da' help describe such tendencies.