YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — 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 ...

On this episode, we trace the rise of the phenomenon, starting with the original Japanese poop emoji and ending with the new, algorithmically driven world of kids toys on YouTube.

Nguyen told the Toronto Star, "I'm trying to make poop cute." She wants to change the conversation around poop, especially at the table while eating because, why the hell not?

Japan's culture of cute makes no exceptions for poop. It gets a pop twist at the Unko Museum in Yokohama near Tokyo. "The poops are colorful and come out nicely in photos," said Haruka Okubo, a ...

Even poop is cute at Japanese museum that encourages playing with colorful, twisty shapes and shouting ‘unko’ loudly ...

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 ...

Poop is cute at Japanese museum that encourages play The poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in a toilet, and comes in twisty ice cream and cupcake shapes, in all colors and sizes.