BETSUKAI, Hokkaido—Stray dogs ... According to the Environment Ministry, more than 1,000 stray dogs were involved in dog bite cases annually until fiscal 1986. Those numbers have since declined ...

believed to have been inside a dog kennel in the city of Chitose, Hokkaido, have gone missing after the facility caught on fire. A woman passing by the area called the emergency 119 number at ...

The hero behind the rescue was a 3-year-old female German Shepherd named "Note of Dokeshiso," or just "Note" for short, a Hokkaido Prefectural Police dog. It was in fact the fourth time Note had ...

Dogs brought out by a male dairy farmer to be sterilized are seen in Saroma, Hokkaido, on June 27, 2023. The dog that caused the latest incident is not in the photo. (Mainichi/Takeshi Honda ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido--Hunters killed a brown bear dubbed ... In late June last year, another dog was killed and two were mauled in the grounds of a house. DNA tests on saliva and hair samples ...

On March 29, 2025, in Hokkaido, Japan, @korio_inu shared a cute video of a dog interacting with a child. In the video, the dog is seen trying to get the child's attention to play. The child then ...