In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored ...

An item listed as an Ainu “family register ledger” was sold on Yahoo Auctions, drawing outrage from members of the indigenous ...

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 ...

JAPAN The remains of five Ainu people, an indigenous ethnic group from the northern part of Japan, will be returned to the country by the Natural History Museum in London, which was using them for ...

We'll understand Japan and Hokkaido's geographical challenges, and specifically the island's harsh climate, historical context (namely the forced integration of the native Ainu), and economic factors ...

The Japanese government said Friday that the remains of five Ainu people will be returned from the Natural History Museum in Britain to Japan. In early fiscal 2026, which begins next April, officials ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous cooking create a cuisine like no other. Sapporo miso ramen is a complex yet ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Jesse Francis McClendon was born in Lanett, Alabama, in 1880. He studied zoology and invertebate zoology at the University of Texas (BS, 1903 and ...

"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, ...