This time, however, he’s digital. A hologram version of the canine’s bronze statue found outside the station in Tokyo has been installed at the Akita Dog Visitor Center to celebrate the 100th ...

ODATE, Akita Prefecture--Long paired with the Hachiko statue in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo, the iconic “green frog” will be making a huge jump north to the famed dog’s hometown.

Hachiko the Akita dog would meet his owner every day at Shibuya railway station in Tokyo, in the 1920s. Even after his master's death, he continued to make the journey, and a statue in Hachiko's ...