The skulls of three indigenous Ainu people have been returned to their community by a university. The remains, which have been held at the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum for more ...

The skulls of three indigenous Ainu people have been returned to their community by a university.

University returns ancestral skulls to Ainu people of Japan. By Paul Cargill. Comment. Published 1st May 2025, 06:00 BST. Updated 1st May 2025, 06:01 BST.

The remains, which had been kept at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, have been returned to the Ainu Association of Hokkaido and will arrive back in Japan on Saturday.

A handover ceremony took place at the University of Edinburgh with the Ainu Association of Hokkaido.

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April 30, 2025 at 7:42pm BST. The skulls of three indigenous Ainu people have been returned to their community by a university. The remains, which have been held at the University of Edinburgh’s ...

An Ainu woman from northern Japan with tattooed lips, c. 1960 (Getty Images) Originally donated to the university in 1913, the remains were acquired from Scottish anthropologist Neil Gordon Munro.

The Ainu were marginalised and subjected to studies in the late 19th and early 20th century, with remains and cultural artifacts taken and displayed or used for research in Japan and further afield.