Japan's government introduced a bill Friday to recognise the country's ethnic Ainu minority as an "indigenous" people for the first time, after decades of discrimination against the group. The Ainu ...

As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its record 18 wins at the Emmy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater in September, Japanese director Takeshi Fukunaga was caked in mud and sweat in a ...

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 ...

"This electronic presentation documents the exhibition "Ainu: spirit of a northern people". The exhibit was on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, April 30, ...

Photo lot 77-38, Romyn Hitchcock photographs of Ainu people, Japan, and Korea, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution Contact the repository for ...

The documentary screening at Tokyo Film Festival takes a deeply human look at the lives of the indigenous Ainu people of Japan's Hokkaido. By Gavin J Blair As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its ...