A traditional Japanese festival is being adapted for poodles and Pomeranians, amid a booming pet industry and a dearth of ...

The origins of today’s Japanese dog breeds can be traced back thousands of years. After millennia of crossbreeding and fine-tuning, it is widely accepted that there are just six breeds native to Japan ...

Not only are these dogs gorgeous, but they have the best personalities to match.

The Japanese Dog Preservation Society, Nihon-ken Hozonkai, was created to maintain and preserve six specific native Japanese dog breeds. This organization is similar to the American Kennel Club (AKC) ...

Camera poised, Tomoaki Kasuga peers eagerly forward as Coco takes her first swimming lesson. When she successfully catches a tennis ball and swims toward him, Kasuga’s nervous face melts into a broad ...

One of the best sequences in Wes Anderson’s new stop-motion film Isle of Dogs is of a sushi chef preparing a boxed lunch. In a bird’s-eye shot, we see the chef’s hands pin a still-living fish, chop ...

A $900 dollar robot was created in Japan to sniff out bad body odor. The robot is designed in the form of a cute puppy dog. The robotic dog has a keen sense of smell and is obligated to make sure ...

2K Japan and Firaxis introduced Civ Dog in Japan, the new official promotional ambassador and mascot for Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. Civ Dog is an original character rendered in a cute chibi design, ...