Most recently, an Akita Inu dog made headlines after Russian figure skating champion Alina Zagitova became the owner of a puppy named Masaru. Masaru was raised at Noshiro Kojuso in Noshiro ...

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 ...

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.