Hoping to help others go to dog heaven, Toco opened the Tokotoko Zoo, where people can follow suit by spending over $300 to ...

Spitz breeds, also called Northern breeds, are a type of dog commonly found in cold and snowy regions. Like most spitz breeds, the Japanese spitz has a thick double coat, a wedge-shaped head ...

Japan is introducing sniffer dogs at its airports to prevent large amounts of undeclared cash from being moved out of the country. The first dogs, a pair of Labrador Retrievers named Lilax and ...

However, recent DNA analyses reveal even more complexities—suggesting that Japanese wolves were possibly one of the closest relatives of modern domestic dogs. Curious about Hinako’s discovery ...

A teacher at a public junior high school in Kanagawa Prefecture has been suspended for six months after attaching a dog leash to a first-y ...

“Today, most dogs and cats are kept indoors and a sizeable number of people regard them as members of their family, no different from their children,” said an official at Japan Pet Ceremony, the Tokyo ...

The UK’s Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991 outlawed the possession and breeding of pit bulls. They were originally illegally bred as ...

Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs has something to say about the ugly allure of xenophobia, the sin of standing by while atrocities are committed, and the importance of protecting the most vulnerable ...

YOKOHAMA--This port city has gone to the dogs, but city officials see that in a positive light. Yokohama is the leader of all 20 ordinance-designated major cities of Japan not just in the human ...

On Japan’s bullet trains, dogs usually have to travel in a carrier, but on Saturday they could stretch their paws and enjoy the scenery on a special pet-friendly express. At Ueno station in ...