the American Akita is used for hunting large black and brown/grizzly bears. American Akitas are sometimes used in a male and female team to help corner and hold the bears, but hunters ultimately ...

Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique ...

Trading house Marubeni Corp. and 12 other companies on Feb. 3 said they will build Japan’s first large commercial sea-based wind farm in Akita Prefecture and aim to start operations in 2022.