Includes sections on the history of the Ainu and their swords; descriptions of specific swords; glossery; Ainu wars. The loose pages are on Ainu signs.

“The Ainu people are an indigenous people who have lived in the northern part of the Japanese Archipelago, especially in Hokkaidō.” This clause is included in Article One of the New Ainu Policy, ...

The Penn Museum, in collaboration with the Penn Libraries, recently launched various Ainu-themed programming, including a documentary screening and an ongoing exhibit on Ainu representation in media.

Japan’s indigenous people, the Ainu, were the earliest settlers of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. But most travellers will not have heard of them. Our coverage during coronavirus While travelling ...

"We faced a terrible backlash," Honda, a professor of cultural studies at the university in the northern Hokkaido region, told AFP. "The issue of the Ainu was seen as a taboo, something that should ...

A true linguistic enigma, Ainu (Ainu Itak) can’t be linked with certainty to any family of languages. Yet, as numerous specialists agree that the Ainu people are descendants of populations from the ...

Jewelry makers and an embroiderer are among the craftspeople whose creations reflect the Indigenous people’s heritage. Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the ...

The Ainu are an indigenous people who today live mostly in Hokkaid? in northern Japan. Traditional Ainu dance is performed at ceremonies and banquets, as part of newly organized cultural festivals and ...