The Ainu people regard numerous things in nature as ... seeking gold that's said to be hidden in Hokkaido. The Ainu girl plays a key role in finding it. Characters speak the Ainu language quite ...

Teru does well at school and takes an entrance exam for a girls’ high school ... In the work’s preface, Chiri describes the Ainu people as the “losers” who are left behind regarding ...

Nippon Television Network Corp. took the unusual step of using a news program to apologize for another program that on March 12 used a pejorative to refer to the nation’s indigenous Ainu people.

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 area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people, the Ainu.Credit... Supported by By Vivian Morelli Photographs by Andrew Faulk Reporting from Kushiro, Japan At the ...