SEMBOKU, Akita Prefecture—Bukemaru, a beloved Akita Inu who charmed visitors from around the world, died of old age in the Kakunodatemachi district here, an area known as “little Kyoto.” ...

Hachiko was a Japanese Akita Inu born on a farm in the Akita Prefecture of Japan, in 1923. As a puppy, he was purchased by Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the faculty of agriculture at the Tokyo ...

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 ...