This small exhibition of photographs by Lorraine Turci takes us straight to Japan's northernmost island to discover the Ainu, ...

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. About 30 people gathered outside ...

Shida pointed to the history of the Ainu people, who have long been exploited and discriminated against by Japanese colonizers. “There are some among the Ainu people who react strongly against ...

‘Yew’s Path’: Kuunatic emerge into their own mystical world, introducing the album with an eight-minute epic. It is a brooding epic awash with a dark atmosphere, providing an intriguing opening to ...

This article was published in the Autumn 2024 issue of Litterae Populi. The full issue can be found here.Much of bear ecology ...

The video explores this transition, delving into the Ainu people’s culture and their complex interactions with Japanese clans, particularly the Matsumae, who dominated Hokkaido. It examines the ...

I just rewatched this scene, so I remember it well. This genre is called Shima-uta. It’s an Amami Shoto song, from the ...

Japanese people who do not accept foreigners are often criticized ... Even the Yamato Japanese have certainly migrated from China or of somewhere North. Genetically, the Ainu's are the true natives of ...

We can't go through them one by one, but Japanese myths play a big part in Guardians of Azuma. Pilika, a character in Guardians of Azuma whose design was inspired by the Ainu people ANN ...

It includes these Okinawan musical influences, and from episode 16 onwards there’s the Ainu culture, the indigenous people in Northern Japan, which was later famously used in the series Golden ...

One of the greatest anime franchises of all time was adapted twice. But which incarnation is superior?