Emi Tanaka

• News and Blues

Japan's two leading toilet makers alerted the public after its luxury toilet seats started catching fire. Three fires involved the electric bidet accessory of Toto Ltd.'s popular Z-series toilets, which feature a pulsating massage spray, a power dryer, built-into-the-bowl deodorizing filler, the "Tornado Wash" flush and a lid that opens and closes automatically. "Fortunately, nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out, and there were no injuries," Toto official Emi Tanaka said, adding, "The fire would have been just under your buttocks." Twenty-six other incidents involved bidets that merely smoked. The company offered to repair the 180,000 units already sold. An English pub wants Peru to grant it consulate status so it can avoid England's ban on public smoking. "About 95 perc...

• Syracuse New Times
• August 21, 2009

• Company Offers to Fix Toilets That Catch Fire

TOKYO - Japan's leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said today. The electric bidet accessory of Toto's Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• April 17, 2007

• Outsider citizens: film narratives about the internment of Japanese Americans.

... exception, according to Creef, is Janice Tanaka's experimental film MEMORIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT O...

• Suffolk University Law Review
• Vol. 42 Nbr. 4, September 2009

• Toilet-Maker Warns of Fire Risk

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's leading toilet-maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday. The electric bidet accessory of Toto's Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka. The bidet sent up smoke in 26 incidents, the company said.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• May 10, 2007

• This Bidet Is Smokin' Hot

The Associated Press TOKYO - Japan's leading toilet maker, Toto Ltd., is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday.

... 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka. The bidet sent up smoke in 26 other incidents, th...

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 17, 2007

• IP Update, Vol. 13, No. 1, January 2010

...Ex parte Yasuhito Tanaka, Appeal No. 2009-000234, (BPAI, Dec. 9, 2009) (per...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Say What?!?

Burning toilets recalled in Japan TOKYO - Japan's leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 high-tech bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said Monday.

... March 2007, according to spokeswoman Emi Tanaka. The bidet sent up smoke in 26 other incidents. "F...

• Press Telegram
• April 17, 2007

• The producers: whether creating groundbreaking movies, developing original TV programs, or making soulful music, these 50 power brokers call the shots in America's most dynamic industries.

...: Founding Partner, Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka & Finkelstein . Age: 48 . Education: Barnard Colle...

• Black Enterprise
• Vol. 33 Nbr. 5, December 2002

• Cortical Development Genes and Genetic Abnormalities Report Available Now.

...Discussion . Fujio Murakami, Daisuke Tanaka, Mitsutoshi Yanagida and Emi Yamazaki . Intracorti...

• Business Wire
• January 21, 2008

• Japan Beats Us Softball 3-1

OKLAHOMA CITY -- After years of dominance, losing has suddenly become a bad habit for the U.S. softball team. The Americans lost a tournament title game for the first time since 1997, falling 3-1 to Japan on Monday night in the championship of the inaugural World Cup of Softball.

...Mikiko Tanaka had a two-run single for Japan (3-2), the bronze m...

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• January 31, 2006