Hachiko: The world’s most loyal dog turns 100
The Akita Inu has been lionised in Japan and beyond as a symbol of devotion and fidelity …
Hachiko represents the “ideal Japanese citizen” with his “unquestioning devotion”, says Professor Christine Yano of the University of Hawaii – “loyal, reliable, obedient to a master, understanding, without relying upon rationality, their place in the larger scheme of things”.
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