Kabosu was adopted by Sato, a kindgergarten teacher, in 2008 after a Shiba Inu breeder went out of business and sent its dogs to a shelter. When Sato began posting photos of Kabosu on social media ...

Sato, a pet-loving kindergarten teacher, adopted Kabosu in 2008 and promptly began posting cute photos of her pets to her blog. Two years later, Kabosu began popping up in unexpected places online.

Sato posted pictures of Kabosu, and her cats, online regularly. It was a picture of Kabosu, her head tilted in a seemingly quizzical fashion, that captured the attention of early adapters of ...

In 2021, Sato auctioned off seven photos of Kabosu for charity, raising more than 500 million yen ($3.18 million) in total. All of the money, after covering expenses, went to children’s rights ...

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 ...