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 ...

By the way, Akita Inu means “the dog of Akita,’ with Akita being the name of a prefecture and its capital city. Shiba Inu ...

MITANE, Akita Prefecture--“Walking with an Akita Inu dog,” a fitness program to help people enjoy nature through trail walking, is proving popular here. It gives visitors, as well as locals ...

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.

Akita Inus were used for hunting bears in Japan ... but hunters ultimately finish the task of taking the bear down. Experienced breeders and professional bear hunters in the US do use specialized ...

In the summer of 2012, Satake gave Putin a Japanese Akita Inu puppy, for which his prefecture is famous, as a token of gratitude for the assistance Russia provided to Japan after the catastrophic ...