The Japanese Dog Preservation Society, Nihon-ken Hozonkai, was created to maintain and preserve six specific native Japanese dog breeds. This organization is similar to the American Kennel Club (AKC) ...

Maya the Akita Inu dog sat outside the Spanish hospital while her owner recovered for emergency surgery Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

An Akita Inu is a hunting dog bred in the province of Akita on Honshu Island. Supposedly, its ancestors appeared about 7,000 years ago. Dogs of the breed have a majestic posture, ...

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 ...

AKITA--Dog lovers in this northern prefecture will soon be able to display their affection for the native breed of Akita Inu hound with license plates decorated with an illustration of a puppy and ...

ODATE, Akita -- The Akita Inu Preservation Society, based in this northern Japan city, will introduce digital pedigree certificates in March to fight forgery, it has recently been announced.