In an interview with NHK, he said: “Greater importance is being attached to Ainu culture. It may suggest Japan has become aware that without the promotion of cultural diversity, it could be at ...

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 ...

Japan’s national center for the revitalization and development of Ainu culture, which is opening in Japan in 2020. Through these partnerships, the world now has access to over 250 words and ...

This is not the first presentation of the Biratori Ainu in London; a delegation was brought to the city in 1910 for a very different display of Japanese culture. Aside from this exhibition ...

Ghost of Yotei's setting outside the rule of greater Japan leaves the game open to more non-Japanese influences, including ...

and Ainu culture could no longer serve as a living model of Jomon lifeways. We now believe a closer analogue, in fact, is the agricultural ancestors of the Japanese - an admittedly highly ...

Ainu people and culture have gained more popularity outside Japan thanks to the popular animation series Golden Kamuy, which is set in Hokkaido and Sakhalin during the end of Meiji Period, the 19 ...

The Ainu have long suffered oppression and exploitation, and the modern Japanese government in the ... society and some have hidden their cultural roots. "It is the first step for ensuring ...

“The culture of native people has not ... who have long been exploited and discriminated against by Japanese colonizers. “There are some among the Ainu people who react strongly against ...

recognized the Ainu as an indigenous people in northern Japan and called for the protection and promotion of their culture. However, some Ainu people have criticized it because the legislation did ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has launched its longest expedition yet, the 69-day “Epic Northwest Passage: From ...

Clearly, Ainu culture was far removed from the Jomon. How had this earlier characterization of the Ainu as hunters of the northern Japanese forests evolved? For one thing, few actually witnessed ...