the northernmost island of Japan, I realized the full import of Yoshi's news - namely, that the history of Hokkaido's indigenous people, the Ainu, was about to be rewritten. Since the mid-1970s I ...

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The Ainu, an indigenous people predominantly living in northern Japan, have a distinct language and rich cultural traditions. Although Hokkaido has the largest Ainu population, thousands also live ...

Historically, it’s the language of the Ainu people, an Indigenous community on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. In 1972, only 14 people could speak Ainu well enough to teach it. Today ...

SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which flies ... who mainly inhabit Hokkaido, are not an indigenous people ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

A new national museum is putting the spotlight on Japan’s Ainu indigenous ... Ainu as an indigenous people from the northern part of the Japanese archipelago, mainly Hokkaido.

an indigenous people of northern parts of Japan, especially Hokkaido, and adjacent islands. Formally named the National Ainu Museum and Park, Upopoy opened in July in Shiraoi, Hokkaido.

Japanese director Takeshi Fukunaga was caked in mud and sweat in a small village on Hokkaido. He was there with a tiny crew ...

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The Ainu are the indigenous people of Japan Hokkaido the northern island of Japan was previously called Ainumosir or land of the Ainu Ainu traditions are facing a critical situation the latest ...