The Akita is one of Seven Breeds designated as a National Monument in his native country of Japan. Bred as a versatile hunting dog in the rugged mountains of Northern Japan, the breed is a ...

I mean it's evident that the bear had to be removed from the supermarket ... it's authority seems to be heavily swayed by animal-loving voters in the big cities who don't have to deal with this crap ...

"I don't want the boom of Akita dogs to be a passing trend. I want it to continue," he said. And for that to happen, he said, owners in Japan "have a big responsibility" to keep the Akita breed alive.

While its human population might not be very big, though, Akita has one of Japan’s larger bear populations. So among the public awareness posters the prefectural government has recently designed is ...