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Flushed with Ambition: Sanitation Initiatives for Health and Well-Being

  • A scene from a Poo-Poo Learning class at Tsurumaki Elementary School in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

    A scene from a Poo-Poo Learning class at Tsurumaki Elementary School in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

  • A group of Toilet Carpenters (left) at Kuragano Elementary School in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, and members of the same group (right) painting a wall at the school on July 20, 2013.

    A group of Toilet Carpenters (left) at Kuragano Elementary School in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, and members of the same group (right) painting a wall at the school on July 20, 2013.

  • Participants in the Disaster-related Sanitation Workshop held at Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing on October 11, 2014.

    Participants in the Disaster-related Sanitation Workshop held at Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing on October 11, 2014.

  • Scene from the panel discussion at a forum held at Taishō University on November 14, 2014, as part of the Global Toilet Hospitality Project 2020; discussion centered on how to make restrooms more accessible to users with special needs.

    Scene from the panel discussion at a forum held at Taishō University on November 14, 2014, as part of the Global Toilet Hospitality Project 2020; discussion centered on how to make restrooms more accessible to users with special needs.

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