Looks like the economy has to be good, why else not? If people are buying toilets for 130K dollars this means lots of cash moving around and people spending it. Which has to mean expanding economy http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc.com/45698382/
if someone shits 3 times a day, its more rational investment than jewellery. and certainly more practical than a wedding party
Be honest...if you were the plumber that installed that toilet and nobody was looking...would you take a shit in it first? If I bought the toilet for $130k, I know that would seriously piss me off that someone used it before me.
Why Japanese are into expensive toilets is beyond me. This is not the 1st time I am hearing about something like this. Expensive things sell in depression and in boom times. Garbage sells only in boom times.