Yet, despite the new technologies, some 30 percent of Japanese people still live in homes that do not have flush toilets connected to sewage systems, according to the Ministry of Construction.
One of the barriers to achieving 100 percent coverage, says Atsushi, is convincing the government to spend more on sanitation facilities in rural areas where the population is small and made up of older people who prefer the outmoded outhouses. Data show that flush toilet usage in rural area is still at a poor 54 percent.
-Japan Toilet Taboos Down the Drain
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