I bought one when I broke my foot and couldn't squat anymore. The instructions for use were posted on the underside of the lid. Public restrooms in Japan don't provide paper towels. Instead, people use hankachi to wipe their hands. Either practice saves tons in paper.
Nude statuary decorates the grounds at most Japanese schools.
It's usually a statue of a naked woman, but I once saw a statue of a little boy urinating into a fountain at a junior high school. Every year in winter, I was told, the 'stream' freezes solid. For the next issue, we would like to print your comments about money. For example, although Japanese people earn less than 1 percent in interest on their money in the bank, they put way more into savings than Americans do. Perhaps other investments aren't worth the trouble.