ODATE, Akita Prefecture--Hachiko, the loyal Akita Inu dog that waited for his master’s return at Shibuya Station in Tokyo every day for years after his death, has returned to his hometown here ...

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken one of his dogs, a female Akita named Yume, to an interview with Japanese journalists in the Kremlin. “I was told that you ...

MITANE, Akita Prefecture--“Walking with an Akita Inu dog,” a fitness program to help ... a playful 4-year-old male Akita Inu, for an hour. Normally, the association accepts one group of ...