Tag Archives: Akitas

REIMAGINING JAPAN

By Martha | Published: July 18, 2011
Japan is on everybody’s mind these days.  I was lucky to be asked to contribute an essay to a fantastic collection, Reimagining Japan,  just out. It is already #1 nonfiction book in Japan and sold out in English on Amazon, but more copies will be available soon. The other contributors are artists, writers, historians, economists, CEOs and even a soccer coach and a videogame creator. Gorgeously illustrated and beautifully packaged, it has been [...]
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DOG MAN comes to Japan

By Martha | Published: April 29, 2011
   Just arrived in the mail from Japan:  copies of Dog Man, translated into Japanese and published by Odyssey, a small family-run press in the north of Japan.  I am so happy to see this amazing life story – which the Sawataishis were courageous to share so honestly with me  – making a way back to its home country.  At such a difficult [...]
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HACHIKO: A DOG’S TALE

By Martha | Published: November 3, 2009
Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale is coming to movie theaters on December 18, 2009. For those who aren’t familiar with the story,  Hachiko was an Akita puppy who was owned by a Tokyo University professor in the early 1920s. A special bond formed between them, the sort of bond that Akita dogs are known for. Each morning, the [...]
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Arizona Daily Star — “Dog Man”

By Martha | Published: August 31, 2009
I had a quick and very pleasant talk with Valerie Vinyard at the Arizona Daily Star last week — which resulted in this piece for the books page.
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