A building believed to house the oldest toilet in Japan faced its biggest threat in centuries on Monday when a conservation worker accidentally reversed his car into it, according to local officials.

A building believed to house the oldest toilet in Japan faced its biggest threat in centuries on Monday when a conservation worker accidentally reversed his car into it, according to local officials.

Five hundred years of history have gone down the drain. Japan’s oldest toilet located inside an ancient temple in Kyoto was damaged when a car accidentally backed into it. The 30-year-old driver, who ...