With their small eyes, erect triangular ears and curled tails, Akita Inu dogs have stolen the spotlight at home and abroad. Most recently, an Akita Inu dog made headlines after Russian figure ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken one of his dogs, a female Akita named Yume, to an interview with Japanese journalists in the Kremlin. “I was told that you ...

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

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 ...