The Akita dog given to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2012 by the Akita prefectural government is alive and well, The ...

based in this northern Japan city, will introduce digital pedigree certificates in March to fight forgery, it has recently been announced. Trouble over forged pedigrees has arisen amid Akita dogs ...

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 ...

The Akita dog given to Russian President Vladimir Putin ... you for Russia's support of areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A spokesperson for the Russian presidential office ...

Meet Britain's top dog - a Japanese Akita Inu who can detect her owner's seizures 10 minutes before they happen. Ten-year-old ...