# Violence at Akita Inu show in Japan

A few days ago, a news paper reported that the Japanese Ministry of Culture has requested AKIHO (Akitainu Hozonnkai) to stop sponsoring shows which give out placements such as BOB, BOS etc. This administrative guidance was issued as a result of repeated incidences of violence, bribery etc. over the…

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In Akita Inu · started by ktrebor · 5 replies
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## ktrebor · 2008-07-21T05:34:29.000Z
A few days ago, a news paper reported that the Japanese Ministry of Culture has requested AKIHO (Akitainu Hozonnkai) to stop sponsoring shows which give out placements such as BOB, BOS etc. This administrative guidance was issued as a result of repeated incidences of violence, bribery etc. over the judging at Akita shows. The purpose of AKIHO is to preserve Akita inu as a cultural breed. This letter questions the relevance of giving out placements if the objective of the show is to preserve the breed. Obviously, AKIHO and JKC have different objectives, the purpose of shows and must be different with each organizatrion. A beauty contest is one thing and preservation of indigenous animal is another. Probably similar guidance will be done with NIPPO.

## brada1878 (admin) · 2008-07-23T14:04:47.000Z
That's really interesting! Thanx for the post. So where was the violence? ----

## zoiegirl · 2008-07-23T15:11:41.000Z
hmmm...interesting

## ktrebor · 2008-07-25T10:39:17.000Z
brada1878 - In Japan :), but what kind of violence I dont know for sure. I ve got additional info, following this letter several japanese kennels were banned from AKIHO shows for example Shirai Kennel.

## Sarako · 2008-07-25T13:08:00.000Z
Shirai kennel was banned of AKIHO ????!!! (Lot of japanese import in France comes from Shirai Kennel)

## brada1878 (admin) · 2008-07-25T14:36:30.000Z
Wow - that is BIG news! Very interesting.

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