The Ainu people are the indigenous people of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan's northernmost main island. They developed their own distinct language, history and culture, which were quite different from ...

The immediate predecessors of the Ainu, who are the native people of northeastern Japan, occupied the site. Many archeologists consider the Ainu to be the last living descendants of the Jomon ...

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 ...

While on the island, he creates a transcript of the language of its indigenous inhabitants, the Ainu people. Piłsudski is much better known there, as in Poland he is greatly overshadowed by his ...

The Ainu, an indigenous people predominantly living in northern Japan, have a distinct language and rich cultural traditions. Although Hokkaido has the largest Ainu population, thousands also live ...