THIS is the heartbreaking moment a pet dog jumped into its dead owner’s coffin for a final goodbye at the funeral. The ...

T hough both Akita Inus and Shiba Inus originated in Japan, and people do notice the similarity between them, there are ...

Escape Japan's more popular tourist hubs and head to a less-visited, mountainous region with festivals and delicious food ...

The long-haired Akita dog named Wasao died in June last year at ... as the main character was released at movie theaters across Japan in 2011. After the dog died, the executive committee for ...

Most dogs are social by nature, but not all enjoy sharing their homes with other animals. Some breeds are naturally territorial, others are deeply bonded to their humans, and a few simply don’t ...

In summer 2012, Putin received a present of an Akita-Inu dog puppy - the breed well known due to the Kachiko movie - from Governor of Japan’s Akita Prefecture Norihisa Satake TOKYO, December 3.

Displayed next to cutesy and huggable stuffed Akita dogs, the juxtaposition was sublime ... It is part of the series "Lisa’s Wanderings Around Japan," which depicts various places across ...

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 ...