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

Get ready for your daily dose of cuteness overload in the form of a gorgeous, rare dog from Japan who looks like a tie-dyed teddy bear or some other sort of absolutely adorable stuffed animal. Her ...

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 ...

MLB Opening Day is fast approaching with the Tokyo Series on March 18 and 19, and the teams are already in Japan. The Chicago Cubs arrived first and later the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Chan, a 32-year-old dog owner based in Hong Kong. This essay has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider verified Chan's ...

But it was all worth it in the end. I chose Japan for its pet-friendly culture. Finding accommodation, dining options and parks open to dogs was easy. Pets are even allowed on public transport if ...

A Japanese man who went viral for mimicking a dog has launched a new business renting out his dog costume to like-minded people. As a result, he hopes those who share his interests, will be able ...

Kabosu, the shiba inu known as the logo model for a cryptocurrency, remains hugely popular even after her death last May, with fan letters flooding in from around Japan. The female shelter dog was ...

Pet sellers in Japan are now required to implant electronic microchips in dogs and cats as a revision to a law on animal welfare and management took effect on June 1. The aim is to stop owners ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity shrank for an eighth consecutive month in February, while worries about U.S. protectionist trade policies weighed on firms' outlook, a private-sector ...