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 ...

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.

Fukunaga plans to use the footage for a short film as a follow-up to his documentary Ainu Puri (Ainu ways) that is screening at this year's Tokyo International Film Festival. Both the doc and the ...

There are inevitably more serious moments in Ainu Puri. Amanai questions why he must get a special permit from the authorities to fish, a centuries-old practice on land taken from his people by ...