But a new study, led by a researcher at Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies, found that owning a dog rather than a cat may lower the risk of dementia and frailty in older adults.

A heartwarming video captures the well-mannered dog flying to Japan in style, effortlessly winning over both passengers and Instagram users. The video opens with the Dalmatian waiting patiently in ...

FUKUOKA--Ozeki Kotozakura won his first Emperor’s Cup, besting fellow ozeki Hoshoryu on Nov. 24 on the final day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center. Both ozeki entered ...

OITA--A baby monkey named in honor of Shohei Ohtani’s famous dog was born here just in time ... in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born ...

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories. By The Learning Network This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest ...

Dogecoin (DOGE) is a cryptocurrency built around the popular “doge” meme featuring a Shiba Inu. Founder Jackson Palmer announced the project on Twitter in November 2013 as a joke. When friends ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

ANA Cargo has successfully transported Japanese raccoon dogs from Higashiyama Park in Nagoya to their new home at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. The operation, carried out in partnership with NNR ...