In this Tuesday, June 18, 2019, photo, two women draw on toilet-shaped boards at the Unko Museum in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. In a country known for its cult of cute, even poop is not an exception. A ...

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Did you know that unko, or poop, is a symbol in Japan’s kawaii culture? In Japan, poop isn’t always seen as something gross — it’s often portrayed as cute and funny, especially in manga and pop ...

In a recent episode of Decoder Ring, Willa Paskin explores how and why cute poop has invaded pop culture. This transcript has been edited and condensed for clarity. In 2015, the makers of the Squatty ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan-Japan's culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in a ...