Mir, the Siberian cat gifted to Japan's Akita Governor by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2012, has passed away at age 12 ...

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 ...

The prefecture gave a dog to Vladimir Putin to thank Russia for its help after the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, ...

AKITA—Multiple people were attacked by bears ... Yukiko Sasaki, a homemaker out walking her dog around 6 a.m., found an approximately 1-meter-long bear by the road just 20 or so meters from ...

The Akita earned its popularity in Hachiko, the story of an Akita so faithful, that he waited in the same spot for years, not ...

4 (Jiji Press)--Mir, a 12-year-old male Siberian ... The prefecture presented female Akita dog Yume to Putin in 2012 as a token of its gratitude for Russia's assistance offered to areas knocked ...