akita

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In Hokkaido, a 63-year-old woman was crushed between two trucks trying to get out of the snow, and in Akita, a 73-year-old man also fell to the ground while removing rooftop snow and died, according to officials and reports.

From Seattle Times

On Monday morning, local sports fan Alex Akita, whose father also works at the dealership, tweeted out security cam footage of Umagat, along with co-workers Ian Douglas, Eddie Flores, and Cory Phillips celebrating the game’s final out after the Blue Jays’ Raimel Tapia flew out to Mariners’ center fielder Julio Rodriguez to end it.

From Seattle Times

On Thursday, Aug. 4, an Akita killed Daddy the cat.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 1920s Hachiko was the Akita dog of Professor Ueno, a university academic in Tokyo.

From BBC

The Akita has been bred for centuries to defend, to protect and to hunt.

From New York Times