Last year, Oshi no Ko began its "47 Prefectures" project, which features special character illustrations featuring regional motifs.

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Few stories capture the essence of canine loyalty like that of Hachikō, the Akita dog who waited at Shibuya Station in Tokyo for nearly a decade after his owner’s death. This remarkable tale of ...

In the almost merciless mountains of India’s northern Himachal Pradesh state, a search-and-rescue team found a small, motionless figure in the snow. Beside him sat a dog. For nearly four days, it had ...

Two men in their 80s died in snow-related accidents on Saturday in Akita Prefecture. Akita prefectural police said the wife of 82-year-old Kunio Takahashi called 119 at around 11:20 a.m. and said that ...

A RESCUE centre in York is appealing for animal lovers to provide a home for this loyal and gentle dog who has already spent seven months in their care. Cooper is a two-year-old male Akita who will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OH, mercy! This puppy should be illegal. He has no warning sign. Nobody supervised me into witnessing this. One second I was fine, ...

Have you ever heard the devastating story of Hachikō the dog? Referenced in this post, the Akita pup was a loyal pet to Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, a Japanese agricultural scientist. One day, ...

Tokyo - Japan's Defense Ministry sent troops on Wednesday to the northern prefecture of Akita to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have horrified residents in the mountainous region. Bears ...

TOKYO — Besieged by bears, Japan's north welcomed reinforcements on Wednesday as the military deployed troops to respond to a record wave of attacks. Bears have attacked about 100 people in the ...

With the number of people killed by bears reaching a record nationwide, the defense ministry is preparing to send the military to one badly hit area to set traps. By Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko ...