Under the current setup, Ainu people must gain permission from the Hokkaido governor to catch salmon, which is granted only when the activity aims to preserve their cultural heritage. The lawsuit ...

Ghost of Yotei may not have a lot of story details available at the moment, but the real-world history of its setting makes one villain clear.

The Japanese film industry has made movies featuring the Ainu, indigenous people who now live mostly in Hokkaido, but with Japanese actors in the Ainu roles. In his second feature “Ainu Mosir ...

1868-1912) and ties this political background to the story. So the author tries to depict the Ainu people, an indigenous minority group from Northern Japan, in a real and honest way. For example ...

Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, has died of old age, an official of the western Japan city of Ashiya where she lived said Saturday. Born on May 23 ...

In the case of searchers in both all of Japan and Hokkaido alone, search terms categorized into the foods, leisure, natural scenic spots, and seafood fields showed a strong trend toward 12-month ...

What makes Ghost of Yotei even more intriguing is its fresh take on history. The game, set in the early 1600s, will dive into the violent rebellion between the Ainu people and the Matsumae clan, a ...

It lasted for several dozen seconds. Yellow fuchsia, called chiraiapappo by indigenous Ainu people, bloomed on the shore.

a cultural village home to a handful of Japan’s indigenous Ainu people, who were recognised by the Japanese government only in 2019. Inside the community theatre, professional woodcarver Kengo ...

An overlooked tropical paradise, a compact safari sensation and one of Italy’s "best kept secrets" have been named among the ...