akita

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Hajime Nakae, professor of emergency and critical medicine at the Akita University Hospital, said the frequent bear sightings made him feel like he was "living inside... a safari park for bears".

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Another comment that resonated came from Donald’s older sister, Akita.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Akita has logged a record 30 cases of bear attacks on people in 2023 alone, increasingly in residential areas.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

The year Hachiko was born, Hidesaburo Ueno, a renowned agricultural professor and a dog lover, asked a student to find him an Akita puppy.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2023

About fifty important operations are annually performed under chloroform, but the people of Akita ken are very conservative, and object to part with their limbs and to foreign drugs.

From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)