Hachiko is a Japanese Akita Inu. At the time he was born, Japanese Akitas were a dying breed. Not only were there very few of them left, but those that were left were losing their distinctive ...

has a theory about Hachiko's exceptional behavior, given the nature of Akita Inu. Kikusui admits that Akita Inu and other traditional Japanese breeds often build unusually strong bonds with their ...