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, “Oh, ...

LONDON--Across a darkened exhibition hall, lit in islands containing artifacts and video installations, the voice of tenacious rights activist Shigeru Kayano croaks out words in the threatened ...

Despite the challenges of the coronavirus, the foundation continues to move forward on its goal of expanding appreciation of Ainu culture. “Although there are some issues to be dealt with … we are ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido is well known for its world-class powder snow, delicious food and unspoiled nature. Few people outside the country, however, are ...

The Japanese film industry has made movies featuring the Ainu, indigenous people who now live mostly in Hokkaido, but with Japanese actors in the Ainu roles. In his second feature “Ainu Mosir” (2020), ...

Previously slated to open in April 2020, the Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park in Shiraoi, Hokkaido, was unfortunately delayed due to Covid-19 coronavirus. Better late than never, Upopoy finally ...

June 15, 2014: The Cabinet led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe voted on Friday, July 13, to build and operate a special facility and park in Shiraoi, Hokkaido prefecture, for the preservation of Ainu ...

The British Museum, known worldwide, is featuring an Ainu girl character on its advertisement for an upcoming manga exhibition. The use of the Japanese popular manga character sparked a buzz on social ...

Yet the relationship between the Jomon and the Ainu is anything but straightforward. Sometime around A.D. 600 to 700 in Hokkaido, rectangular pit-houses suddenly appear, and a new type of earthenware ...

Of all the indigenous people of Japan, the Ainu are arguably the most well recognized throughout both the Japanese and international communities, and yet despite that, so little is really known about ...

The protagonist of Yukar of the Abyss is an identifiable one. A woman is taking a health-related break from an overbearing work simulation and staying at a family home in Hokkaido to recover. However, ...

This quietly observed drama follows a teenager living in a community of Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan struggling to preserve their culture. By Natalia Winkelman When you purchase a ticket for an ...