Smoking in the Girls Room

(Tokyo, Japan) Ladies! Listen up! If you're creating a cloud of smoke in the girls room when using the facilities, don't fear. It's not what you ate. Instead, you could simply be spending hopper time on a defective bidet.

A Japanese toilet-maker, Inax Corp., has pledged to repair or replace defective units.

Inax Corp., Japan's second largest toilet-maker, made the announcement after receiving six reports that covers on toilets with electric bidets, sprays fitted at the back of the toilets, melted and began smoking, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

No injuries were reported from the faulty DV-200 series, manufactured between March 2004 and June 2005, the ministry said in a statement, which urged owners to immediately pull the plug on the toilets.

Over 80,000 units are believed to be affected.