SAPPORO--Protesters denounced as hate speech an event here that claims the Ainu people are not indigenous to Japan, which flies in the face of the law of the land.

The ranks of the Ainu have shrunk so low that in the last official survey, taken in 2017, only 13,118 people identified as Ainu in Hokkaido, which has a total population of about 5.2 million.

A bill, which was passed on Friday, for the first time has officially recognized the Ainu of Hokkaido as an “indigenous” people of Japan. The bill also includes measures to make Japan a more ...

The Ainu are believed to go back 15,000 years - further back than the Sumerians or Egyptians. For this reason, some people say the Ainu are not just a people, but a whole "Ainu race".

In Ainu, upopoy means “singing in a large group.” | FOUNDATION FOR AINU CULTURE Upopoy consists of the National Ainu Museum, the National Ainu Park and a Memorial Site for memorial services.

According to a legend of the Ainu people of Hokkaido, there was an old woman with a gift of divination who lived by the ...

The Ainu illustrated with a captured bear in the Ezo Shima Kikan (“Strange Views from the Island of Ezo”), a set of three scrolls dating to 1840 that are now in the Brooklyn Museum.

Immerse yourself in the rich heritage of the Ainu people with this captivating folktale told in the Ainu language. Discover the beauty of Ainu storytelling and culture, preserving traditions for ...

I am an Ainu. However, sometimes when I tell people I was born not in Hokkaidō, but in Tokyo, and was raised in Saitama Prefecture, it brings the conversation to a halt, as if they are thinking ...

In 2005, Kano created the Oki Dub Ainu group, which fuses Ainu influence with reggae, electronica and folk undertones. He also created his own record label to introduce Ainu music to the world.