When Keller visited Akita Prefecture in Japan in July 1937, she inquired about Hachikō, the famed Akita dog that had died in 1935.

She told a Japanese person that she would like to have an Akita dog; one was given to her within a month, with the name of Kamikaze-go.

And they have loans and credit card debt to pay off, taken on to buy their television, videocassette recorder and Mr. Biolsi's prize Akita dog.

When Helen was in Japan, she met Hachiko, a famous Akita dog.

Schwab told about taking the dog to another neighbor friend of his, Sukru Boztepe, who testified that he took the Akita dog into his home where the dog became more agitated.

Both forms of Akita are probably best known worldwide from the true story of Hachikō, a loyal Akita dog who lived in Japan before World War II.

Between 1925 and 1935, an Akita dog named Hachiko waited for his deceased owner, appearing at the station right when his train was due.

Dinky had an early predilection for pets, liked to put clothes on them and would eventually have an Akita dog named Camilla Parker Bowles.

It uses the true story of Hachikō the Akita dog from Japan and adds Yasuo, a young boy, to the story.

He has a horse farm north of the city, servants, five Akita dogs, 50 pre-1933 slot machines and 60 antique wooden radios, etc., etc.