Momentum is building to safeguard a unique culture and its traditions, and honor ethnic diversity. The Ainu Measures Promotion Act, which came into force last year, is the first legal recognition ...

“We use only its root, and it’s been used as a talisman, or charm, in Ainu culture,” she said, displaying a small beige piece of dried vine surrounded by wooden and glass beads. “Ikema is ...

Upopoy, an Ainu word meaning “singing together in a large group,” is the nickname of a new facility themed on the culture and history of the Ainu, an indigenous people of northern parts of ...

Mayunkiki is an artist with Ainu root and began to disseminate Ainu culture. In recent years, her unique view of the world ...

Through the Miriwoong-Ainu Language and Culture Exchange Project, the Indigenous communities of Miriwoong in Australia and Ainu in Japan are ...

Her path as a promoter of Ainu culture ranges from recording in-bus announcements in the Ainu language to teaching the language on Japanese radio and online. “Times have changed,” she says.

After centuries of forced assimilation, Japan’s indigenous Ainu population, language and culture are emerging once more thanks to anime, the country’s thriving sub-cultures and YouTube.

The Air Self-Defense Force is facing pressure to jettison its new aircraft logo amid criticisms from Ainu people indigenous to Hokkaido that it appropriates their culture. One Ainu group is ...

He is exiled to Sakhalin as punishment for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Tsar Alexander III of Russia. While on the island, he creates a transcript of the language of its indigenous ...

The Japan Tourism Agency, Japan Sports Agency and Agency for Cultural Affairs have pledged to strengthen the brand of Japan ...