Shakushain, the leader of Ainu resistance to Japan, is shown in this modern memorial on Hokkaido. Thanks to a postwar revival of Ainu nationalism, celebrations of indigenous culture are held each year ...
Beyond Ainu studies: an introduction / Mark K. Watson, ann-elise lewallen, and Mark J. Hudson -- Ainu ethnography: historical representations in the West / Hans Dieter Ölschleger -- Tourists, ...
TOKYO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- At the southernmost tip of the Oshima Hanto peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan, stands a Matsumae fortress which served as the base of the Matsumae vassal that ruled the area in ...
FROM A DISTANCE, the National Ainu Museum glistens. When the sleek concrete-and-glass structure opened in 2020, it became the first national museum dedicated to the oft-forgotten indigenous people of ...
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 ...
LONDON, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ainu Stories: Contemporary Lives by the Saru River appeared at Japan House London in 2023/24 and welcomed over 160,000 visitors. Following a visit from National ...
The remains of five Ainu people will be returned to Japan by London's Natural History Museum, the Japanese government said Friday. The government has been attempting to secure the return of individual ...
Key questions raised by this study are ‘What population is the source of admixture in the Ainu other than Mainland Japanese?’ and ‘Do the Ainu truly have higher genetic heterogeneity?’ Collecting more ...
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