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Pets are definitely treated well in Japan, perhaps a little too well with all the dressing up and stuff.
Up here in Hokkaido I do feel sorry for a lot of dogs though. Most houses do not have any fencing as fences don't really last long in a Hokkaido winter so dogs that don't live in the house are continually chained up. Sure they usually get walked once or twice a day but for the remaining time they are chained up. Can't imagine it's all that exciting for the dogs.