On the windswept coasts of Hokkaido, a language once thought to be vanishing is echoing back into life. The story of Ainu, ...

This national park known as the "Playground of the Gods" in Japan is a outdoor-loving travelers paradise with gorgeous ...

SAPPORO--The president of Nippon Television Network Corp. apologized for a program in which a comedian used a derogatory word referring to Japan's ... deeply hurt the Ainu people,” Kosugi ...

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 ...

The individuals were from the Philippines, the Mbuti tribe from central Africa and the Ainu people from Japan. At least 17 people died of pneumonia, malnutrition and suicide. According to some ...

Action anime is easily one of the most popular genres worldwide, with its fight scenes, cool characters, and storylines that ...

I just rewatched this scene, so I remember it well. This genre is called Shima-uta. It’s an Amami Shoto song, from the islands in the south of Japan. The masked character is called Pantoo, a ...

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 ...

This small exhibition of photographs by Lorraine Turci takes us straight to Japan's northernmost island to discover the Ainu, the fascinating indigenous people living on the island of Hokkaido!

The Japanese trio expertly craft the narrative of this mythological ... a musician who has worked tirelessly to preserve the age-old musical traditions of the Ainu people. [4/5] ‘Halu Shanta’: As we ...

"The whole of the government and the ruling parties will do the utmost to protect people's livelihoods, domestic industries and jobs at any cost," Ishiba said, months before a key parliamentary ...