Why are there so many pampered pooches in Japan?

18 June 2012 Last updated at 13:13 ET Help

Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world and there are now said to be more pets than children under 15 in the county.

Despite the global economic downturn, pampered pooches are now increasingly common, as Roland Buerk reports

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