A statue of the Akita dog Hachikō, remembered for his unwavering loyalty to his deceased owner, is installed outside Tokyo's Shibuya Station, in Japan.

In April 1934, a bronze statue based in his likeness sculpted by Teru Andō [ja] was erected at Shibuya Station, and Hachikō himself was present at its unveiling.

[1] The new statue, which was erected in August 1948, still stands and is a popular meeting spot.

The false story told a very detailed account of an elaborate theft by men wearing khaki workers' uniforms who secured the area with orange safety cones and obscured the theft with blue vinyl tarps.

[2] The city of Odate considered borrowing the statue during redevelopment of the Shibuya Station ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics.